Big Brother scare campaign shows the depths clubs industry will plumb

Big Brother scare campaign shows the depths clubs industry will plumb

The portrayal of cashless gaming technology as a threat to privacy is ClubsNSW’s latest attempt to kill off gambling reform.

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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
US military fingerprints and iris database sells for $100 on eBay

US military fingerprints and iris database sells for $100 on eBay

A security researcher snapped the bargain on eBay. Many of the records belong to known terrorists and wanted individuals,others to people stopped at checkpoints in Afghanistan.

  • byKashmir Hill,John Ismay,Christopher F. Schuetze andAaron Krolik
‘The wild west’:New headache for home-hunters in a tough market

‘The wild west’:New headache for home-hunters in a tough market

Handing over copious amounts of information has become necessary to secure a home for many renters – and experts are concerned about the process.

  • byTawar Razaghi
Your selfies are helping computers learn. You did not consent to this.
Opinion
Innovation

Your selfies are helping computers learn. You did not consent to this.

Good or bad,artificial intelligence systems are being built with pieces of you. What are the rules of the road now that you’re breathing life into AI and can’t imagine the outcomes?

  • byShira Ovide
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
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The horror,the horror
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The horror,the horror

Original spruikers a greater influence.

‘Insider threat’:How an online date led to a ‘systemic’ failures investigation into American Express
Investigation
Cybersecurity

‘Insider threat’:How an online date led to a ‘systemic’ failures investigation into American Express

John Smith* started dating a man who worked at American Express. The relationship took a dark turn.

  • byCharlotte Grieve
Here’s what happens if Medibank hackers release the data

Here’s what happens if Medibank hackers release the data

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.

  • byTim Biggs
‘You can’t trust a criminal’:Why Medibank won’t pay cyber ransom

‘You can’t trust a criminal’:Why Medibank won’t pay cyber ransom

Medibank chief executive David Koczkar has highlighted the complex risks involved in giving in to the demands of cybercriminals.

  • byColin Kruger,Nick Bonyhady andSarah Keoghan
‘Maximise profits’:Facial recognition tool used to target high rollers
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Gambling

‘Maximise profits’:Facial recognition tool used to target high rollers

Facial recognition technology has been hailed as a measure to minimise problem gambling. But one tech company is marketing it differently.

  • byHarriet Alexander