COVIDSafe app is secure and compliant, says Privacy Commissioner
28 April, 2020 by Amy SarcevicImportant safeguards are in place to ensure the app protects our data, says Angelene Faulk.
Critical comms companies lax in security
17 March, 2020 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingOne in five critical communications companies lack any form of cybersecurity system, despite the industry regularly experiencing cyber attacks.
OAIC sues Facebook for major privacy violations
11 March, 2020 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingThe Federal Court proceedings allege that Facebook wilfully violated the privacy of around 311,000 Facebook users by disclosing their sensitive personal information.
NDB notifications grew 19% in 2H19
03 March, 2020 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingBusinesses reported 537 data breaches under the NDB scheme in the second half of 2019, with 64% of these blamed on malicious activity, according to the OAIC.
Four in five Aussie IoT adopters have faced a hack
24 February, 2020 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingFour in five IoT adopting Australian enterprises have experienced an attempted or successful hacking attempt, new research indicates.
Ashley Madison users face extortion scam, five years on
05 February, 2020Victims of the Ashley Madison data breach are again under attack, this time, via emailed blackmail attempts.
Microsoft cops to exposing customer data online
24 January, 2020 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingMicrosoft has admitted to a security gaffe that led to more than 250m customer support records dating back to 2005 being inadvertently exposed online.
Data on 1.2 billion consumers exposed online
26 November, 2019 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingA massive trove of around 4 billion customer records has been found online sitting on an unsecured server.
Privacy complaints to OAIC grew 12% in FY19
24 October, 2019 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingPrivacy complaints to the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner grew to 3306 during the last financial year.
Facebook confirms millions of phone numbers leaked
09 September, 2019 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingFacebook has confirmed reports that a public server containing hundreds of millions of user phone numbers has been discovered online.
Human error blamed for third of NDBs in Q2
28 August, 2019 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingMalicious attacks accounted for 62% of data breach notifications reported in the June quarter, with human error the cause of a further 34%.
Victoria's PTV breached Privacy Act over myki: OVIC
16 August, 2019 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingOVIC has found Public Transport Victoria to be in breach of the state's Privacy Act by publicly releasing travel records for 15.2m myki cards.
Person charged over massive US data breach
31 July, 2019 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingA US woman has been charged with illegally accessing information on around 106 million customers of North American bank holding company Capital One.
Equifax to pay at least $818m over 2017 data breach
23 July, 2019 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingUS credit rating agency Equifax has agreed to pay at least $818m in customer compensation and penalties over the company's massive 2017 data breach.
Google contractors can listen to your conversations
15 July, 2019Google has confirmed contractors listen to and transcribe snippets of audio recorded by Google Assistant after a reviewer leaked over 1000 recordings.
