Medibank faces new year reckoning over hack attacks

Medibank faces new year reckoning over hack attacks

Regulators and proxy advisers have already made it clear that the health insurer’s high command should suffer repercussions,both in terms of pay and job loss,for presiding over the biggest data breach in Australia.

  • byColin Kruger

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The hapless,the almost reformed and Mike Cannon-Brookes:Corporate Australia’s highlights for 2022

The hapless,the almost reformed and Mike Cannon-Brookes:Corporate Australia’s highlights for 2022

Corporate Australia battled a much harder economic landscape than it expected during the year,but most attention was on board stoushes,hackers and a big move by the Big Australian.

  • bySarah Danckert
How to protect yourself from hacks and scams in 2023

How to protect yourself from hacks and scams in 2023

If you’ve been a victim of a hack,what can you do to protect yourself against fraud and scams by people who now have your data,and prevent it happening again?

  • byJoel Gibson
Can you ask a company to ditch your data?
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Can you ask a company to ditch your data?

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?

  • byTim Biggs
Medibank to shut down for weekend cybersecurity overhaul

Medibank to shut down for weekend cybersecurity overhaul

Medibank will go offline this weekend for a cybersecurity overhaul following the damaging cyberhack in October.

  • byNell Geraets
‘Unnecessarily vulnerable’:Government calls in leading ‘cyber guns’ to target hackers

‘Unnecessarily vulnerable’:Government calls in leading ‘cyber guns’ to target hackers

Home Affairs Minister Clare O’Neil says her department needs to pay more attention to emerging threats.

  • byMatthew Knott
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It’s plain to see why Dominic Perrottet needs a backup pair of specs

It’s plain to see why Dominic Perrottet needs a backup pair of specs

The premier’s new look is eye-catching – but it only came about because of an unfortunate accident.

  • byNoel Towell andJordan Baker
How to keep your shares safe from hacks and collapses
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How to keep your shares safe from hacks and collapses

Security of shareholdings should feature prominently in any evaluation of share-trading platforms to help safeguard against a potential hack or company collapse.

  • byJohn Collett
It may be the final data dump,but Medibank fallout is far from over

It may be the final data dump,but Medibank fallout is far from over

But for the victims,and for Medibank,the trouble may have only just begun.

  • byTim Biggs
‘Case closed’:Medibank faces heavy fines as hackers dump customer data

‘Case closed’:Medibank faces heavy fines as hackers dump customer data

Australia’s privacy watchdog has started its investigation into the health insurer’s handling of customer data following the worst data breach in Australian corporate history.

  • byColin Kruger
Financial watchdog puts Medibank management on notice

Financial watchdog puts Medibank management on notice

The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority has intensified its supervision of the health insurer in response to the recent cyberattack that exposed its entire customer database.

  • byColin Kruger