Do travel companies really need scans of our passports?

Do travel companies really need scans of our passports?

The recent data breach of thousands of Australians’ passports begs the question whether some travel operators actually need this amount of information.

  • byMichael Gebicki

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Passports,travel documents exposed in data breach

A Melbourne travel agency’s information has been leaked,exposing the personal information of thousands of customers.

  • byDavid Swan
‘Get an arrest warrant’:Man fined for contempt over intimate deepfake images

‘Get an arrest warrant’:Man fined for contempt over intimate deepfake images

A man who refused to remove intimate deepfake images of Australian public figures he had posted online until after his arrest has been fined for contempt.

  • byCheryl Goodenough
Budget cuts to hamper FOI oversight:information chief

Budget cuts to hamper FOI oversight:information chief

Victorians are likely to face longer delays when they seek a review of,or make a complaint about,FOI or privacy

  • byRoyce Millar
‘True shock’:How the world’s biggest bank was crippled by a hack

‘True shock’:How the world’s biggest bank was crippled by a hack

Last week,trades handled by the world’s largest bank in the globe’s biggest market traversed Manhattan on a USB stick.

  • byKatherine Doherty,Liz Capo McCormick andAlexandra Harris
Digital landmines:Why Australia isn’t looking where it’s going

Digital landmines:Why Australia isn’t looking where it’s going

It’s no accident that cyber criminals chose to cripple Australia’s major ports in the days leading up to the country’s major retail event,Black Friday.

  • byElizabeth Knight
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‘Curious’ pharmacist spied on patient records at The Alfred

‘Curious’ pharmacist spied on patient records at The Alfred

Up to 7000 patients have been warned of a data breach at Victoria’s leading trauma hospital after a pharmacist accessed their private records.

  • byLachlan Abbott
‘They want to instil fear’:Victorians’ files bound for dark web after data breach

‘They want to instil fear’:Victorians’ files bound for dark web after data breach

Credit card details,driver’s licences and birth certificates could be among the personal information of Victorians that could be published on the dark web by cybercriminals,after data was stolen from law firm HWL Ebsworth.

  • byRachel Eddie andBroede Carmody
Chinese hackers stole US government emails,say Microsoft and White House

Chinese hackers stole US government emails,say Microsoft and White House

Microsoft said the hackers were able to remain undetected for a month after gaining access to email data from about 25 organisations in mid-May.

  • byWilliam Turton andSarah Zheng
Law firm takes out court order to prevent spread of hacked information

Law firm takes out court order to prevent spread of hacked information

HWL Ebsworth has obtained an injunction from the Supreme Court of NSW preventing hackers,and potentially the media,from disclosing its stolen information.

  • byTim Biggs
French giant to acquire Australia’s largest listed cybersecurity firm

French giant to acquire Australia’s largest listed cybersecurity firm

Melbourne-based Tesserent has agreed to a $176 million offer from multinational Thales.

  • byTim Biggs