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Customers are being urged to be on the lookout for scams after the provided was hit by a “suspicious” attack.

Sophisticated scammers are impersonating government officials via emails and phone calls claiming to be from the Australian Signals Directorate (ASD).

The federal government is stepping up its response to antisemitic attacks across Australia, with a white supremacist group hit with financial sanctions.

Officials said there was no evidence the hackers had continued access to Treasury documents and workstations.

Australia’s cyber espionage agency is warning criminals are targeting the sensitive data of students in order to extort their parents.

“We took this action as a precautionary measure in response to system monitoring indicating a heightened threat level.”

Shredded rags, dirty plush toys and cheap pillows are just some of the bizarre items Australians are being sent in the mail as part of a scam growing in popularity.

The movements of US leaders can be tracked online through a fitness app their bodyguards use, an investigation by French media has revealed.

Funlab confirmed it is looking into a security breach after ransomware group Lynx listed the company on its leak site yesterday.

Cybercriminals used a fake email with just one letter different to her conveyancer’s to deceive the South Australian home buyer in May last year.

Investigations into the leak suggest names, email addresses, credit card data and log-in details have all been leaked.

The Australian government reported 63 breaches in the first half of the year.

Parents are being warned children as young as 12 years are being targeted to produce extreme sexual and violent content over the internet.