The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) was in recovery mode after a data breach – due to the same Amazon Web Services S3 configuration mistake that recently caused the leak of 50,000 Australians’ data – saw the leak of thousands of users’ passwords.
David Braue | 27 Nov | Read more
The security of data stored in the cloud has come under scrutiny yet again as Australian information commissioner Timothy Pilgrim commences investigating global ride-sharing giant Uber in the wake of revelations that the firm paid hackers $132,000 to delete the stolen personally identifiable information (PII) of 57 million of its users.
David Braue | 22 Nov | Read more
The information-security preparedness of Australia's government authorities was being called into question as Chinese authorities recently moved to distance themselves from reports that the hack of the Bureau of Meteorology (BoM), which the ABC reported as a “massive” breach based on statements from an unnamed source, was the work of Chinese government-sponsored hackers.
David Braue | 08 Dec | Read more
On-the-run hacker Farid Essebar, best known for writing the 2005 Zotob worm using the handle ‘Diabl0', has been arrested by police in Thailand on new charges connected to phishing Swiss online banking sites.
John E Dunn | 20 Mar | Read more
The teen owner of an Australian ‘bank' that reported the theft of 4,100 Bitcoins (BTC) now worth $1.3 million Australian dollars (£700,000 or $1.2 million USD) has denied accusations that their loss was some kind of inside job.
John E Dunn | 09 Nov | Read more