Car auction house hit with $30 million ransom demand after crippling cyber attack

Car auction house hit with $30 million ransom demand after crippling cyber attack

Manheim Auctions had been forced to stop trading because of the attack.

  • byHamish Hastie

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School technology bans won't solve online safety fears:commissioner

School technology bans won't solve online safety fears:commissioner

The eSafety commissioner will release a toolkit to help schools have difficult but age-appropriate conversations with school-aged children,and have them often.

  • byNatassia Chrysanthos
CCTV surveillance is rocketing around the world. What are the implications?

CCTV surveillance is rocketing around the world. What are the implications?

Smart CCTV cameras can now identify people simply by their walk and mannerisms.

  • byGreg Callaghan
UN experts say Jeff Bezos phone hack shows link to Saudi prince

UN experts say Jeff Bezos phone hack shows link to Saudi prince

The experts called for an"immediate investigation"into information that suggests Bezos'phone was hacked after receiving an MP4 video file sent from the Saudi prince's WhatsApp account.

Credit card and other details of Perth rental applicants may have been public for 21 months

Credit card and other details of Perth rental applicants may have been public for 21 months

On Monday Primus Realty emailed 750 of its clients warning that tenancy application information collected from March 2018 to December 12,2019 may have been made public.

  • byHamish Hastie
MPs tested on'phishing'to protect Parliament's computer network

MPs tested on'phishing'to protect Parliament's computer network

Federal MPs and political staffers will be sent suspicious-looking emails to see whether they click on the links in a test designed to help protect Parliament House's computer network.

  • byAnthony Galloway
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Banks warned to expect'tougher'breach enforcement amid poor'cyber hygiene'

Banks warned to expect'tougher'breach enforcement amid poor'cyber hygiene'

Australian banks have been warned by the peak financial regulator to expect a"tougher approach"to security after 36 data breaches were reported to it.

  • byBen Grubb
A hacker almost certainly has your data. What are you going to do about it?

A hacker almost certainly has your data. What are you going to do about it?

Cybersecurity expert Davey Gibian says your personal data has almost certainly been hacked already but how companies respond to threats is changing.

  • byStuart Layt
Cyber scare shuts down hospital IT systems in rural north-east
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Cyber scare shuts down hospital IT systems in rural north-east

A number of rural health services in the state’s north-east were forced to shut down their IT systems after a malware virus was detected.

  • byMelissa Cunningham andBenjamin Preiss
What are we doing to protect hospitals from further cyber attacks?
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What are we doing to protect hospitals from further cyber attacks?

My friend is acutely aware that his heart function could be affected by hackers accessing the system that keeps blood pumping around his body.

  • byMargaret Fitzherbert
Victoria named nation's cybercrime hotspot

Victoria named nation's cybercrime hotspot

Australians are reporting incidents of cybercrime approximately every 10 minutes,according to statistics released by the Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC).

  • byTate Papworth