spam
Twitter says it removes over 1 million spam accounts each day
Answering Elon Musk's questions.
Jul 8 2022 6:55AM
Australia, New Zealand join forces to battle spam
ACMA, Department of Internal Affairs sign info-sharing MoU.
Jun 8 2022 12:18PM
Elon Musk seals US$44 billion deal for Twitter
Pledges to defeat spam bots.
Apr 26 2022 6:28AM
Telco First cops another fine for spamming
Marketer pays $79,800 for more than 65,000 illegal texts.
Mar 10 2021 6:42AM
Kogan fined $310,800 for marketing spam
Made recipients set up an account in order to unsubscribe.
Jan 20 2021 6:55AM
Tyro agrees to independent review after sending 150,000 spam messages
Breached Spam Act.
Dec 18 2020 12:38PM
ACT Education blocks student Gmail access after spam email storm
Education directorate confirms "incident".
Aug 14 2020 5:05PM
Woolworths pays record $1m fine for spamming customers
Sent 5 million emails despite unsubscribe attempts.
Jul 2 2020 6:49AM
'Necurs' spam and malware botnet disrupted by Microsoft
Prolific Russian digital criminals lose control over their infrastructure.
Mar 11 2020 12:31PM
Spam Act changes back before parliament
Adding opt-outs for charity, political spam.
Jul 23 2019 6:41AM
Hack spam sent via Australian hazard alert service
Compromised login credentials used to gain access.
Jan 7 2019 1:36PM
ACMA unveils Scam Technology Project to blitz cold callers
Regulatory skunk works.
Dec 4 2018 7:00AM
When an IT manager falls victim to a phish
Spam mail sent out to suppliers.
Mar 20 2018 11:30AM
TPG fined by ACMA for spamming
Unsubscribe should mean unsubscribe.
Nov 3 2017 6:37AM
University loses $11.9m in phishing attack
In one of the biggest ever heists.
Sep 1 2017 6:59AM
Massive spambot captures 711 million email addresses
Largest-ever data dump.
Aug 30 2017 10:30AM
US charges Russian with operating Kelihos spam botnet
Seeking his extradition.
Apr 24 2017 6:05AM
WhatsApp could let companies message you, for a fee
Commercialising 1 billion users.
Mar 9 2017 11:15AM
Spammers leak 1.4bn email accounts mapped to real names
Massive operation exposed.
Mar 7 2017 6:26AM
Phishers go after Red Cross data breach victims
Texts ask users to click on links.
Nov 2 2016 4:16PM
