The PM is sigma,but his ban plan belongs in the skibidi toilet

The PM is sigma,but his ban plan belongs in the skibidi toilet

Of course Albanese was right when he declared “parents are worried sick” about social media,but we cannot return to the golden days when it didn’t exist.

  • byAlexandra Smith

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Perth’s Harry Perkins medical research institute under cyber-attack
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Perth’s Harry Perkins medical research institute under cyber-attack

A ransomware group known as Medusa says the 4.6 terabytes of data includes vision from internal security cameras and is now freely available on the dark web.

  • byMichael Genovese
A social media ban for under-16s won’t work. Here’s what will

A social media ban for under-16s won’t work. Here’s what will

Calls have been growing louder for age limits to be raised from 13 to 16. To add to the momentum,some say a ban is the only way to protect our kids. But is it?

  • byNicole Jameson
Perth university student avoids jail after hacking into UWA’s system
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Perth university student avoids jail after hacking into UWA’s system

Ming Han Ong,24,is an aspiring software engineer. During his sentencing in Perth Magistrate’s Court on Friday,the court heard he hacked the system for the challenge.

  • byJamie Freestone
SEC social media account hacked to falsely say Bitcoin ETFs approved

SEC social media account hacked to falsely say Bitcoin ETFs approved

A highly anticipated decision by the US market regulator on whether to approve a spot-Bitcoin exchange-traded fund quickly morphed into a major cybersecurity incident.

  • byAllyson Versprille
Home Affairs flags probe of St Vincent’s cybersecurity after Christmas hack

Home Affairs flags probe of St Vincent’s cybersecurity after Christmas hack

Patients of St Vincent’s are no closer to understanding whether their sensitive personal or health records are among the stolen information.

  • byRachael Dexter andAngus Thomson
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‘Stop hackers in their tracks’:Corporate giants muscle up against cyber threats
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‘Stop hackers in their tracks’:Corporate giants muscle up against cyber threats

A new National Cyber Intel Partnership will see major telcos,banks and other companies working together to proactively block online scams and malware aimed at defrauding Australians.

  • byLisa Visentin
Fed up in your job? Foreign spies target resentful workers in essential industries

Fed up in your job? Foreign spies target resentful workers in essential industries

Foreign actors have been using advertisements on the dark web to target disgruntled workers who could disrupt critical Australian infrastructure.

  • byNatassia Chrysanthos
Queensland police admin officer hacked records ‘for vanity’

Queensland police admin officer hacked records ‘for vanity’

An admin officer was motivated by vanity when she altered information in the Queensland police computer system over seven years,a court has been told.

  • byCheryl Goodenough
The coming $6 billion bill that is sapping our productivity growth

The coming $6 billion bill that is sapping our productivity growth

Banks once used a sticker to ward off robbers. But as security threats have grown,so have the ways to protect ourselves. And the cost of that is rising fast.

  • byShane Wright
‘Real and growing threat’:Almost every state government body hit in cyberattack surge

‘Real and growing threat’:Almost every state government body hit in cyberattack surge

Ninety per cent of Victorian government agencies were targeted in cyberattacks last year,exposing critical services to serious disruption,a new report shows.

  • byRachel Eddie