A Victorian government department banned TikTok,which is owned by a Chinese company and is banned in other departments,but backflipped within hours of receiving questions from The Age.
iRobot’s latest vacuum,which is also a mop,sucks up a lot of information along with the usual dirt and dust.
Big hacks raise questions about why troves of valuable data remain online for years. What are the rules on this? And how easy is it to hit delete on your digital details?
But for the victims,and for Medibank,the trouble may have only just begun.
Experts say that the rate of damaging data breaches will continue to pick up over the next year - and it’s on businesses to be prepared.
Chris Rock,a cybersecurity expert who has worked for governments and companies for three decades,has negotiated with hackers on behalf of businesses that have been the subject of cyberattacks.
Customers could face an elevated risk of attacks and impersonation for years to come if the Medibank hackers follow through on threats to release personal information.
The personal information of tenants,landlords and trades was exposed weeks after security experts and tenancy advocates raised concerns about the industry.
The survey results highlight the community support for a stricter regime to safeguard ID information used by companies and government agencies.
Dialog,an Australian IT services company recently bought by the Optus parent,has said its employees and clients are affected by a breach it detected last month.
Handing over personal data is a prerequisite to participating in the digital economy,and that means there’s always a risk of it being stolen.