Data breaches Data breaches

Technology is getting smarter, but hackers are still stealing data through basic web application flaws. Even sophisticated attacks exploit a series of basic security oversights. In this topic page, we keep tabs on some of the most prominent breaches and discuss how you can avoid being a statistic.

Saudi oil company back online after cyber sabotage attempt

Saudi oil company back online after cyber sabotage attempt

But Saudi Aramco silent on Shamoon.
Danielle Walker Aug 28 2012 12:46PM Security
Feds give LulzSec leader 'Sabu' six-month sentencing reprieve

Feds give LulzSec leader 'Sabu' six-month sentencing reprieve

Snitching stall.
Dan Raywood Aug 24 2012 9:36AM Security
Anonymous attacks UK, Russian Govt sites over Assange, Pussy Riot

Anonymous attacks UK, Russian Govt sites over Assange, Pussy Riot

Hacktivists make DDoS attacks, defacements.
Danielle Walker Aug 22 2012 8:52AM Security
AMD hacked, staff logins leaked

AMD hacked, staff logins leaked

Details dumped in group's second site raid.
Darren Pauli Aug 20 2012 2:29PM Security
Reuters hacked for the third time this month

Reuters hacked for the third time this month

Bad luck comes in threes.
Dan Raywood Aug 17 2012 9:06AM Security
Half a million credit cards stolen from Aussie business

Half a million credit cards stolen from Aussie business

Banks on high alert.
Darren Pauli Aug 16 2012 6:46AM Security
Exclusive: Half a million credit cards stolen from Aussie business

Exclusive: Half a million credit cards stolen from Aussie business

Consumers could be fleeced millions, banks on high alert.
Darren Pauli Aug 15 2012 3:06PM Security
Hackers breach Battle.net gaming community

Hackers breach Battle.net gaming community

Aussie encrypted passwords, email details stolen.
Darren Pauli Aug 13 2012 1:08PM Security
Battle.net hacked, Aussie account data compromised

Battle.net hacked, Aussie account data compromised

Hackers access encrypted passwords, recovery questions from North American servers.
Darren Pauli Aug 10 2012 3:00PM Security
Australian Institute of Business Brokers hacked

Australian Institute of Business Brokers hacked

Usernames, passwords published for 260 accounts.
Darren Pauli Aug 10 2012 7:20AM Security
Australian Institute of Business Brokers hacked

Australian Institute of Business Brokers hacked

Usernames, hashed passwords published for 260 accounts.
Darren Pauli Aug 9 2012 9:22AM Security
Hacked Reuters blog appears still unpatched

Hacked Reuters blog appears still unpatched

Site still running a vulnerable version of Wordpress.
Fahmida Y. Rashid Aug 8 2012 12:29PM Security
Privacy probes launched into AAPT, Melbourne IT

Privacy probes launched into AAPT, Melbourne IT

Data breach investigated.
Staff Writers Aug 7 2012 3:35PM Security
AAPT, Melbourne IT face privacy probe

AAPT, Melbourne IT face privacy probe

Data breach investigated.
Staff Writers Aug 7 2012 2:39PM Security
Data breach costs LinkedIn up to $1 million

Data breach costs LinkedIn up to $1 million

LinkedIn's 2Q earnings call reveals that the company spent between $500,000 to $1 million on forensic work surrounding a recent data compromise.
Marcos Colon Aug 6 2012 3:36PM Security
Yahoo! hit with data breach lawsuit

Yahoo! hit with data breach lawsuit

Claims Yahoo! didn't properly protect user personal information.
Dan Kaplan Aug 6 2012 1:36PM Security
Queensland GCIO defends web security

Queensland GCIO defends web security

Does open for business mean open to attack?
John Hilvert Aug 6 2012 11:00AM Security
Months-long hacking spree exposes 8.7 million Koreans

Months-long hacking spree exposes 8.7 million Koreans

Hacked since February.
Staff Writers Jul 30 2012 9:22PM Security
Hackers release stolen AAPT data

Hackers release stolen AAPT data

But nothing sensitive yet revealed in leaks.
Darren Pauli Jul 30 2012 7:02AM Security
Anonymous dumps hacked AAPT data

Anonymous dumps hacked AAPT data

But nothing sensitive yet revealed in leaks.
Darren Pauli Jul 29 2012 2:51AM Security

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