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

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

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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
Guardian Australia staff sent home after cyberattack takes out systems

Guardian Australia staff sent home after cyberattack takes out systems

Guardian Media Group is continuing to grapple with the aftermath of what it says is a ransomware attack.

  • byZoe Samios
Hacks expose Australia as years behind on cybersecurity

Hacks expose Australia as years behind on cybersecurity

In the past few days the Australian victims of cyberhacking must feel like they have woken up in a nightmare.

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Medibank’s victim status needs to be revoked
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Medibank’s victim status needs to be revoked

The real victims of the Medibank hack are the insurer’s customers,not its management,which has failed in keeping the information safe.

  • byElizabeth Knight
To pay or not to pay? Medibank board’s wicked dilemma
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To pay or not to pay? Medibank board’s wicked dilemma

The health insurer’s board may soon have to make the most consequential decision in its history,as the data breach evolves from a minor incursion to a full-blown crisis.

  • byElizabeth Knight
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‘We’re all guilty of using technology as the digital babysitter’

‘We’re all guilty of using technology as the digital babysitter’

Australia’s eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant shares her best tips for protecting kids from online harm.

  • byKonrad Marshall
Cyber spy boss says her agency needs to remain ‘poacher and gamekeeper’

Cyber spy boss says her agency needs to remain ‘poacher and gamekeeper’

The head of Australia’s cyber spy agency will declare that it is deeply engaged in offensive operations against adversaries.

  • byAnthony Galloway
‘Unworkable’:Global tech giants urge Australia to amend new cyber laws
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‘Unworkable’:Global tech giants urge Australia to amend new cyber laws

The new laws would give Australian authorities the power to plug into the networks of companies operating critical infrastructure to fend off major cyber attacks.

  • byAnthony Galloway
Companies will be required to report cyber ransom attacks
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Companies will be required to report cyber ransom attacks

Home Affairs Minister Karen Andrews will on Wednesday release a ransomware plan that includes mandatory reporting requirements for companies with turnover of $10 million or more a year.

  • byAnthony Galloway
Cyber attack shuts down US fuel pipeline ‘jugular’

Cyber attack shuts down US fuel pipeline ‘jugular’

The incident is one of the most disruptive digital ransom operations ever reported.

  • byStephanie Kelly andChristopher Bing