australia
Australia gets world-first encryption busting laws
Labor passes bill without changes it claimed were needed.
Dec 6 2018 7:36PM
Australia's encryption bill faces 17 changes to pass parliament
And an eleventh-hour rush through both houses.
Dec 5 2018 8:53PM
Site blocking expansion waved through committee
High number of rights holder submissions used as evidence of need.
Nov 27 2018 10:05AM
Amazon stops geoblocking Australians from US site
Just in time for Christmas.
Nov 22 2018 10:55AM
Vodafone's infrastructure boost to combat 'not great' iPhone launches
Site stays up despite telco jumping the gun on sales.
Nov 8 2018 11:48AM
Australia's data breach numbers steady at 245 in three months
Better staff training needed.
Oct 30 2018 10:26AM
Microsoft points AU govt customers to reserved instances
To reduce impact of premium on Canberra regions.
Oct 29 2018 11:59AM
Australia setting itself up as Five Eyes' weakest link
Law Council worries we could become "funnel" for allies' data requests.
Sep 24 2018 9:52AM
Microsoft cuts deal to get more govt into protected Azure
'Modernisation factory' to be run by Canberra company.
Sep 19 2018 9:52AM
Govt's decryption bill can only lead to 'systemic weaknesses'
As more governments try to copy Australia, say cryptographic experts.
Sep 11 2018 4:38PM
Five-Eyes nations to force encryption backdoors
Tech companies get Faustian interception choice.
Sep 3 2018 6:59AM
Huawei bares legal teeth over Australian 5G ban
Warns of raised network build costs.
Aug 24 2018 2:30PM
Huawei, ZTE banned from Australian 5G networks
Govt says security risks too great.
Aug 23 2018 9:50AM
Australia gets its first National Data Commissioner
To steer public data reforms.
Aug 9 2018 12:01AM
Cyber attacks rise in Australia's data breach numbers
Health sector continues to have most incidents.
Jul 31 2018 7:08AM
Airtasker caught up in Typeform data breach
Advises 'small amount' of data may be impacted.
Jul 4 2018 11:41AM
Aussie clouds storm into top 500 compute clusters
As all Australian machines slip outside top 100.
Jun 25 2018 6:08PM
Amazon Prime launches in Australia
As a way around geoblocking.
Jun 19 2018 7:02AM
Australia's cyber threat sharing centres add 35 partners
From govt, universities and private sector.
Jun 15 2018 10:52AM
Australia's space agency hunts for permanent home
Consultations set to begin shortly.
Jun 14 2018 11:57AM
