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Cyber SecurityNews

Data Breach of Financial Service Provider Latitude Jumps From 328,000 to 14 Million Records Stolen

March 31, 2023
A mid-March data breach at Australian financial service provider Latitude was initially estimated as impacting a little over a quarter of a million of its customers. Latitude now says that 14 million records were exposed, including passport numbers.
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Cyber SecurityNews

Latitude Financial Services Data Breach Leaked Customer Data From Two Service Providers

March 23, 2023
Australia’s Latitude Financial Services is investigating a data breach that impacted two third-party service providers, exposing hundreds of thousands of customer records.
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Australia flag with statue of lady justice showing privacy act review
Data ProtectionNews

Long-Awaited Privacy Act Review Released as Australia Moves Closer to Data Privacy Overhaul

February 28, 2023
Among the 116 proposals in the Privacy Act review are calls for safeguards similar to those provided by the EU's GDPR. Small businesses will likely be upset at seeing previously proposed exemptions wiped away, however.
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Interior view of the House of Representatives in Parliament House, Australia showing penalties for privacy breaches
Data ProtectionNews

Privacy Breaches to Cost More in Australia as Maximum Penalty Increases to AUD 50 Million

December 14, 2022
Organizations found to be responsible for a privacy breach now face a maximum penalty of AUD 50 million, 30% of adjusted annual domestic turnover, or three times the value of any benefit obtained through the misuse of the leaked information.
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Australia flag on screen with the program code showing cyber task force for data breach
Cyber SecurityNews

Australian Cyber Task Force Looks to “Hack the Hackers” After Data Breach Crime Wave

November 24, 2022
The announcement has raised questions in some circles as to what the extent of the cyber task force's plans are. "Hacking back" is a very contentious concept that exists in a murky international water of cyber engagement norms and unspoken rules.
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Medibank health insurance company branch showing refusal of ransom payments led to leak of health data on dark web
Cyber SecurityNews

Medibank Refuses Ransom Payments, Hackers Leak Stolen Health Data to Dark Web

November 14, 2022
Medibank has opted to ignore demands for ransom payments for the recent data breach of about 9.7 million health data records. Criminals have published a fraction of the stolen data on the dark web, including those of high-profile politicians.
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Judge gavel near Australia flag showing privacy act changes from data breaches
Data ProtectionNews

Data Breaches To Become More Costly in Australia as OAIC Calls for Higher Penalties in Privacy Act Draft

October 28, 2022
Privacy act draft proposes a maximum penalty of the greater of $50 million, three times the value of any benefit obtained through the misuse of information stolen in data breaches, or 30% of the company's annual domestic turnover.
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Australia's Medibank logo on wall showing health insurance provider data breach of medical records
Cyber SecurityNews

Australia’s Medibank Health Insurance Data Held for Ransom, 200 GB of Medical Records Stolen

October 24, 2022
Medibank is Australia’s largest health insurance provider with some 3.7 million customers. In some cases, medical records are among the health insurance policies and the thief had named about 1,000 high-profile or at-risk people.
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Telstra logo on shopfront showing data breach after Optus hack
Cyber SecurityNews

Following Optus Hack, Another Data Breach for Australia’s Biggest Telcos as Telstra Exposes Employee Data

October 7, 2022
Following Optus hack, the Telstra data breach appears to be limited to the signup process of a third-party rewards system for company staff, but two telcos losing personal information in two weeks has caused serious concern.
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Parliament House in the evening in Canberra, Australia showing privacy rules review due to Optus data breach
Data ProtectionNews

Massive Optus Data Leak Prompts New Privacy Rules in Australia

October 3, 2022
The breach of Optus, the second-largest telecoms company in Australia, created a leak of about 10 million records of personal information. The government says that it is time for new privacy rules.
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Data Breach of Financial Service Provider Latitude Jumps From 328,000 to 14 Million Records Stolen

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Ferrari Disclosed a Data Breach Impacting Customer Data but Refused to Pay Ransom

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The Anatomy of a Comprehensive Penetration Test

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Partial Twitter Source Code Leak on GitHub Uploaded Shortly After First Round of Layoffs

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