The federal government will consider making it illegal to pay the ransom demands of cyber criminals as part of its review of the 2020 national cybersecurity strategy. Home Affairs...
Legislation to establish NSW’s long-promised mandatory data breach notification scheme for public sector entities has been introduced to Parliament, bringing Australia’s first state-based reporting regime closer to reality. Attorney-General...
Australia’s technology industry groups have called on the federal government to include safe harbour provisions in privacy legislation designed to impose significantly higher penalties on organisations for serious data...
A national identity resilience strategy will be developed in response to the recent spate of high-profile data breaches that have compromised the credentials of millions of Australians. Commonwealth, state...
Real estate firm Harcourts has apologised and launched an external investigation after exposing customers information in a data breach. The company on Thursday issued a public statement confirming last...
Australia’s privacy watchdog will receive a $5.5 million funding boost to respond to the massive Optus data breach that compromised the personal information of almost 10 million customers last...
The federal government will this week introduce legislation that radically increases the penalties to $50 million and more against companies for repeated or serious privacy breaches. The law changes...
A cyber-attack against Australia’s largest private health insurer and subsequent threats to sell the stolen customer information has been described as a “dog act” by Home Affairs minister Clare...
A national inquiry into identity and data sharing is “absolutely necessary” in the wake of the Optus data breach, according to New South Wales Minister for Customer Service and...
Challenges generally bring out the best in Australians. Floods, bushfires, drought and even a global pandemic show that our society is adept at standing together to find a way...