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Scouts Victoria data breach potentially nets 900 people's personal details
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Another Aussie logistics company falls prey to ransomware
Henning Harders cargo tracking system unavailable.
Mar 19 2020 9:48PM
Qld ISP Freenet director cops six years jail for fraud
False invoice scam fleeced $800k from investors.
Jan 24 2020 1:43PM
Telstra calls in police after 26 exchanges broken into
Across Sydney.
Jul 30 2019 9:49AM
Wollongong man charged with 'malicious' telco cable damage
Allegedly disabled infrastructure to commit fraudulent purchases.
Jul 4 2019 10:13AM
Tabcorp uses data to spot suspicious gamblers and appease regulators
Finding misuse and criminal patterns faster.
Feb 25 2019 12:00PM
NSW Police charge couple over cryptocurrency conversion
Allege $300k in fiat converted and sent offshore.
Sep 27 2018 9:32PM
ASIC skills up on data exfiltration via wi-fi
'Emerging' vector for market crime.
Oct 26 2017 12:07PM
Bikies hack key fobs to steal cars
Rash of rustled Jeep Wranglers.
Jun 1 2017 9:31AM
Optus topples $4m attempted murder compo case
Overturns damages in 15-year-old suit.
Feb 21 2017 6:42AM
US charges three Chinese nationals over law firm hacks
Allegedly used corporate data for insider trading.
Dec 28 2016 9:23AM
Thousands of UK online bank accounts raided
Tesco Bank freezes online transactions.
Nov 8 2016 6:43AM
Brandis wants two-year jail sentence for re-identifying govt data
Researchers not automatically exempt.
Oct 12 2016 5:07PM
Govt will make it a crime to re-identify anonymised data
Changes to Privacy Act coming.
Sep 28 2016 5:33PM
HEIST attack breaches HTTPS in the browser
Can tap into HTTPS comms without MITM position.
Aug 5 2016 5:16AM
Chinese hacker jailed over attempt to steal defence blueprints
Corporate espionage targeted fighter jet plans.
Jul 14 2016 10:05AM
Alleged celebrity iCloud hacker to plead guilty
Faces up to five years for 2014 breaches.
Jul 5 2016 11:37AM
Malaysian immigration officials fired for sabotaging passport system
Outages allowed people to enter country undetected.
Jun 1 2016 2:00PM
Journalist handed two-year sentence for role in hack
Will fight conviction and sentence.
Apr 14 2016 11:07AM
NSW pawnbrokers forced to share device MAC addresses
Police crack down on PC, smartphone theft.
Jan 21 2016 11:34AM
Online fraudsters top Aussie cybercrime blacklist
Authorities field 39,000 complaints in a year.
Jan 18 2016 12:06PM
