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- NSW law firm Brydens Lawyers at the centre of major cyberattack and data breachby Dominique Tassell on March 13, 2025 at 10:10 am
The breach ‘resulted in unauthorised access to some data on its servers’.
- The common mistake that cost Emily multiple Billie Eilish ticketsby Dominique Tassell on February 20, 2025 at 5:39 am
Eight tickets were stolen from the Brisbane woman.
- New Australia Post QR code scam targets buyers on Facebook Marketplaceby Hayley Taylor on January 17, 2025 at 6:43 am
The ruse starts with the message, ‘Is this still available?’
- Australian Electoral Commission under cyber attacks ‘almost every day’by Alessandro Rosini on January 10, 2025 at 7:03 am
The admission from the electoral commission comes after a NATO power had to scrap its election results due to cyberattacks and foreign interference.
- Australian Facebook users score $50 million settlement with Meta over Cambridge Analytica data harvesting scandalby Molly Magennis on December 17, 2024 at 3:09 am
Aussie Facebook users will share in a $50 million payout over the data breach. Here’s who is eligible to claim compensation.
- ‘Bogus’: Thousands of job ad scams and $24.4 million in losses prompts Aussie warningby Hayley Taylor on December 10, 2024 at 5:22 am
‘They learn a lot about you from what you share.’
- ‘Long way to go’ as record number of scams reported according to Australian Financial Complaints Authorityby Kat Wong on October 30, 2024 at 11:05 pm
Consumers and small businesses reported an 81 per cent increase in scams over the past year.
- Brisbane woman escapes Australia Post scam: Essential tips for online shoppers ahead of Black Friday sales and Christmas rushby Dominique Tassell on October 28, 2024 at 1:37 am
‘Do not click.’
- Victorian woman loses $35,000 in online scam, shattering wedding dreamsby Molly Magennis on October 9, 2024 at 4:01 am
The young woman can no longer afford her dream wedding.
- Nearly 40,000 Aussie tradies at risk after major data leak at hardware chainby Caleb Taylor on September 19, 2024 at 8:29 pm
Credit card numbers, email addresses and other log-in details have been compromised.
- ‘Serious harm’: Highest number of data breaches in years revealed in new reportby Hayley Taylor on September 16, 2024 at 2:05 am
‘We are moving into a new era in which our expectations of entities are higher.’
- Business owner’s warning after hackers steal credit card, personal details in email scamby Ailish Delaney on September 14, 2024 at 9:14 pm
‘It happened very quickly.’
- Daniel accepted a friend request on a gaming app. Within weeks he was the victim of a sextortion scamby Hayley Taylor on August 28, 2024 at 7:28 am
The young boy’s parents helped him through the ‘traumatic experience’.
- Australians lost more than $293 million to investment scams last yearby Sowaibah Hanifie on August 27, 2024 at 2:26 am
Andrew felt hopeful before the relationship took a chilling turn.
- Donald Trump’s election campaign says it was hacked, blames Iran for cyberattackby Kanishka Singh and Nathan Layne on August 11, 2024 at 3:15 am
‘These documents were obtained illegally.’
- ‘Insane’ community response after Brisbane couple lose life savings to scamby Hayley Taylor on July 26, 2024 at 9:25 pm
The pair had saved nearly $98,000 for IVF treatment – and that was wiped out.
- Scammers targeting those trying to recover from global CyberStrike outageby Dominique Tassell and Josh Martin on July 20, 2024 at 12:02 am
The scammers are claiming to be able to help, using malicious websites and unofficial code.
- ‘This is more serious than a cyberattack’: IT outage ends but sparks widespread fearsby Samantha Lock on July 19, 2024 at 8:53 pm
Authorities are scrambling to understand how a simple software update caused unprecedented chaos for companies and services.
- Almost 10 billion passwords leaked in biggest password leak in historyby Molly Magennis on July 9, 2024 at 10:30 pm
This is how to check if you’ve been affected.
- Android users warned about Rafel RAT malware, that can lock devices and bypass two-factor authenticationby Dominique Tassell on June 29, 2024 at 8:46 pm
Phone users are being urged to be wary of the apps they download onto their devices.