Hundreds of thousands of Australians who had their data stolen can breathe a sigh of relief.
Joseph Olbrycht-Palmer
Australians have been warned about a cruel scam website that claims to promote a “cost-of-living bonus payment” from Centrelink.
Alexandra Feiam
Victims of scams could have an easier time getting compensation with the federal government announcing the latest crackdown on fraudsters.
An urgent warning has been issued after hundreds of Australians were targeted in a terrifying extortion scam.
The Albanese government says it’s holding ‘big tech to account’ and age limits for kids on social media are the first step.
Duncan Evans, Aisling Brennan and Jessica Wang
Australian Defence personnel have helped rescue the crew of a New Zealand Navy ship that ran aground before capsizing and sinking off the coast of Samoa.
By Lucy Craymer
Australians’ private information is being shared hundreds of times a day with online advertisers who resell and distribute it to unknown parties, putting people at risk of targeted scams.
Emma Kirk
The eye-watering cost of cyber attacks on small businesses across the country has been revealed, with one business owner revealing he was forced to start again.
Parents are begging to raise social media age restrictions even further than 16, warning that “tech companies now own our children”.
Duncan Evans
The areas of Australia most targeted by scammers have been revealed, and two factors in particular are at play.
A cheeky hacker has combined a school named after former prime minister Bob Hawke and a viral catchphrase with X-rated results.
Meta has added stronger protections for underage users on its Instagram platform, but the government has said that won’t change its plan to crackdown on age restrictions.
Aussies scammed out of millions of dollars have revealed the one change they want and the cruel detail at the heart of their pursuits for relief from their banks.
Blake Antrobus
As the PM shores up plans for a social media ban for Aussie teenagers, Facebook’s head of global affairs has called the proposal a ‘whack-a-mole nightmare’ for parents.
Amazon executives are being grilled on the company’s murky development of AI and how audio recordings from inside homes are used.
Blair Jackson
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission is suing the nation's largest market operator, ASX Limited, for alleged misleading statements.
Holly Hales
Australia does not have enough cybersecurity specialists to protect consumers from further data breaches, a report warns, amid calls for greater training.
Jennifer Dudley-Nicholson
The new program will allow Aussies to securely use their phone to share personal information, instead of handing over sensitive documents such as their passport.
Jessica Wang
There’s a disturbing trend of sophisticated scams swindling huge sums of money from honest Aussies, with the latest steal involving genuine-seeming invoices.
The new Immigration and Home Affairs Minister has only been in the job for five minutes but is already heading overseas to visit a key ally.
A mobile phone giant has revealed its latest move on cyber security as experts raise alarm bells over a rise in malware attacks.
Nathan Schmidt
The boss of the company now synonymous with the ‘blue screen of death’ fiasco has ‘personally’ apologised for the worldwide outage.
Aisling Brennan
The eSafety Commissioner has officially put the tech giants on notice: Do more to protect Aussie kids or cop massive fines.
The company responsible for the ‘blue screen of death’ that left millions of people stranded says it is ‘absolutely’ prepared for compensation claims.
