The Optus telecommunications network failure followed closely by the cyberattack on DP World, one of Australia’s largest port operators, painfully demonstrated modern society’s dependence on its digital backbone. When critical infrastructure fails—through malicious means or …
The federal government is poised to release a new cybersecurity strategy, which follows last year’s criminal intrusions into Australia’s health and telecommunications sectors and recent revelations that the US government is hunting Chinese malware that could disrupt critical …
It seems that hardly a day goes by without news of another Australian organisation being hit by a data breach. While the underlying causes and the actions we need to take to prevent them are …
Last week’s Optus data breach exposed the personally identifiable information of up to 9.8 million customers and former customers in Australia, including sensitive identity document details, with records going as far back as 2017. Although …
Optus, Australia’s second-largest telecommunications company, yesterday notified the media that the data of its customers had been compromised in a cyberattack. It remains unclear how many customers are affected, but CEO Kelly Bayer Rosmarin said …
