I guard my passport ferociously as a kind of ultimate ID,and the possibility that criminals may have those details is deeply disturbing.
The Albanese government has been left frustrated with the previous government’s much-hyped critical infrastructure laws in responding to the Optus cyberattack.
The government’s management of the crisis has been remarkable. Not only because it’s been relatively effective and purposeful. But because of everything else going on around it.
Companies appear to be hoarding vast troves of customer data for commercial benefit,Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus said.
Premier Mark McGowan confirmed anyone whose licence number was involved in the leak would be able to get a new one – and,like other state premiers,he wants Optus to foot the bill.
The telco,state and federal governments and a host of other related parties have taken too long to take basic steps to protect customers whose data has been stolen.
If Home Affairs Minister Clare O’Neil is to be believed – and the experts seem to have lined up behind her – Kelly Bayer Rosmarin and Optus are particularly exposed.
When Bryan Dawe came across a “Palestinian photographer” on social media last year,he could not have known the interaction would force him to shut down his social media accounts,expose him to vile extortion threats and embroil him in a futile battle with Facebook’s owners.
There’s nothing like “the heart-pounding madness” of Hunted,in which 18 citizens try to outrun a crack team of investigators.
Those behind a Tinder swindle scam who conned a NZ woman out of half a million dollars appear to have been targeting women around the world using the same methods.
Like many modern day romance stories,it began by swiping right on Tinder. What followed has left one woman hundreds of thousands of dollars out of pocket by a man she believed was the love of her life.