Medicare details available on dark web is just tip of data breach iceberg
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Medicare details available on dark web is just tip of data breach iceberg

The next wave of government reform will have to focus on data management.

  • byChris Berg

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Latest ATO online system failure hits at peak tax time

Latest ATO online system failure hits at peak tax time

Outages have hit the Tax Office's IT system on Wednesday.

  • byDoug Dingwall andTom McIlroy
Australia's Cyber Security Strategy:weaknesses,yes,but we're improving

Australia's Cyber Security Strategy:weaknesses,yes,but we're improving

The online world changes so fast it was always going to be tough to design a four-year strategy.

  • byNigel Phair
How federal government departments are protecting Australians'data against cyber hack

How federal government departments are protecting Australians'data against cyber hack

Cyber Security Minister Dan Tehan says the government can't rule out vulnerabilities to cyber threats.

  • byTom McIlroy
Auditor-general exposes weaknesses in ACT government's IT systems

Auditor-general exposes weaknesses in ACT government's IT systems

Electronic sexual health records and the births,deaths and marriages registry have been left exposed.

  • byKatie Burgess
ACT scientist teaches computers to police the border

ACT scientist teaches computers to police the border

A Canberra-based scientist is teaching computers to pick up suspicious activity at the border.

  • bySteven Trask
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Tax time in danger from ATO's tech wreck

Tax time in danger from ATO's tech wreck

IT projects thrown overboard as ATO orders all hands to keep tax time afloat.

  • byNoel Towell
Centrelink debt debacle shows government is unprepared for digital revolution

Centrelink debt debacle shows government is unprepared for digital revolution

The public service needs to embrace partnerships if it's to harvest big data's massive yields.

  • byAlok Patel
Brisbane City Council IT contract faces potential $60 million blow-out

Brisbane City Council IT contract faces potential $60 million blow-out

A $122 million Brisbane City Council IT contract will be renegotiated after a systems replacement program was delayed by 18 months,with a potential cost blow-out of up to $60 million.

  • byCameron Atfield
$212,000 per public service IT contractor,and we're hiring more of them

$212,000 per public service IT contractor,and we're hiring more of them

Contractors cost 80 grand more than public servants,Finance Departments says,and the public service hires more of them.

  • byNoel Towell
Can the government really protect your privacy when it'de-identifies'public data?

Can the government really protect your privacy when it'de-identifies'public data?

We don't really know to how to use big data and protect personal information at the same time.

  • byChris Culnane,Benjamin Rubinstein andVanessa Teague