data breach
Medibank faces data breach class action
Filed in the Federal Court on Tuesday.
Feb 8 2023 12:55PM
Optus scammer avoids jail
Community service and correction order.
Feb 8 2023 7:01AM
QUT alerts staff, students to data breach
After December ransomware attack.
Jan 23 2023 6:56AM
Fire Rescue Victoria staff data may have been breached in attack
Offers IDCARE, Equifax services to affected individuals.
Jan 9 2023 11:44AM
Medlab Pathology faces questions over data breach timeline
As OAIC launches investigation.
Dec 6 2022 6:40AM
Medibank attacker makes 'final' data dump
As 5GB zipped file lands on dark web.
Dec 1 2022 12:01PM
Medibank breach prompts "intensifying" APRA scrutiny
Whole industry on notice.
Nov 28 2022 10:02AM
NSW passes state-based mandatory data breach notification
Without amendment.
Nov 18 2022 6:45AM
Optus allocates $140 million to cover data breach costs
Not counting the cost of any regulatory actions.
Nov 10 2022 11:55AM
NAB chief asks gov to rethink large data breach penalty rise
Says fines could prove "terminal" for businesses.
Nov 10 2022 9:35AM
Gov gets privacy penalty laws through lower house
As businesses baulk at $50m-plus fines.
Nov 9 2022 11:48AM
AFP adds Medibank breach to Operation Guardian
Suggests leaked data is authentic.
Nov 9 2022 11:46AM
Big privacy fines worry banks, AWS and more
Support is slim for the government's $50m penalty proposal.
Nov 9 2022 6:57AM
Medibank says it won't pay ransom
Details what customer data was accessed in breach.
Nov 7 2022 9:48AM
APA, Viterra caught up in Frontier ransomware attack
Current and former employees affected.
Nov 2 2022 11:54AM
Australian strata company SSKB breached
Ransomware attackers claim 200 GB of data in their hands.
Oct 28 2022 11:01AM
Medlab Pathology discloses February data breach
Some 223,000 people impacted, records include credit card numbers with CVVs.
Oct 27 2022 11:22AM
Gov invokes emergency coordination as Medibank breach worsens
Insurer now says all Medibank, ahm, international student customers breached.
Oct 26 2022 9:15AM
Optus data breach response lands OAIC an extra $5.5m
As office forecasts an increase in staffing levels.
Oct 25 2022 11:14PM
Gov proposes "up to $50m" fines for serious data breaches
Under planned changes to privacy laws.
Oct 22 2022 9:35AM
