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WEEKLY SECURITY WRAP

Tuesday August 20, 2019

  Latest News  

Botched myki data release breached privacy laws

By Justin Hendry

Semi-redacted data from 15 million cards published online.

ASD drops free data visualisation tool onto GitHub, says it’s “giving back to the community”

By Julian Bajkowski

Doesn’t work on Mac or Intel on-board graphics cards.

IAG follows Alice down the rabbit hole to teach security

By Simon Sharwood

Stages Wonderland-themed Escape Room for staff.

Twitter, Facebook accuse China of using fake accounts to undermine Hong Kong protests

By Katie Paul and Elizabeth Culliford

Dismantles a state-backed information operation originating from mainland.

Private number paranoia drives Qld Police to SMS

By Justin Hendry

Do U know who this is? Cops to txt members of public involved in investigations.

EU Central Bank shuts down one of its websites after hack

By Francesco Canepa

Compromise went undetected for months.

US set to give Huawei another 90 days to buy from American suppliers

By Keith Zhai and David Shepardson

US Commerce Dpt expected to extend reprieve so Huawei can service existing customers.

Fed's digital ID system coming to myGov "this year". Financial year.

By Justin Hendry

DTA to begin myGovID portal integration.

Microsoft's latest privacy policy says vendors listen to voice data

By Staff Writer

Latest tech giant to admit practice.

Fearing data privacy issues, Google cuts some Android phone data for wireless carriers

By Angela Moon and Paresh Dave

Concerns sharing data from Android phone system could attract scrutiny of regulators.

Foreign power was behind cyber attack on Czech ministry: Senate

By Staff Writer

But doesn't identify nation concerned or provide any details on incident.

Instagram adds tool for users to flag false information

By Staff Writer

Hopes to avoid backlash hitting parent Facebook.

Irish regulator queries Facebook on transcription of users' audio

By Staff Writer

Wants information on how the company handled data during manual transcription.

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Australia will now headhunt tech talent for permanent residency

Optus shifts 100k premises out of NBN 12Mbps in three months

NBN Co's FTTC and HFC build costs rise again

JB Hi-Fi reveals Bunnings-style online sales engine overhaul

Morrison vows to tame Centrelink IT "beast"

 
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