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Qantas says frequent flyer bungle not a cyber incident

Qantas is hosing down scam fears after thousands of users of its mobile phone app were shown sensitive information about its frequent flyer program members.

Neale Prior and David Johns

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Qantas hoses down scam fears after app bungle

Qantas probing potentially massive data breach involving the private details of its customers being leaked to strangers.

Neale Prior and David Johns

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The West Australian exclusive
‘Threat platform’ to shield WA Government from cyber attacks

The Premier’s department is developing a ‘threat intelligence platform’ to shield agencies from the rising risk of cyber attacks — both foreign and homegrown. 

Jake Dietsch

BoardsCommentsPremiumCorporate WA loses trust in State Government

Confidence in the WA Government among local company directors has slipped to its lowest level since pre-pandemic, with more disagreeing it understands business than agreeing for the first time in years.

Adrian Lowe

ASICCommentsPremiumASIC pledges litigation, high-tech campaign in scam war

Australia’s corporate watchdog is pushing ahead with a higher-risk legal actions and internet-savvy attacks on scammers as part of a battle to protect consumers, small business and investors.

Neale Prior

TechnologyCommentsPremiumAdministrators take control of Edith Cowan’s Sapien Cyber

A Perth cyber security business partly owned by Edith Cowan University and cofounded by John Poynton has collapsed into administration.

Matt Mckenzie

ExplainerCommentsPremiumWhat is doxxing and how can I protect myself from it?

A form of online harassment that sees a person’s private information shared online publicly is the latest cybercrime target of the Alabense Government in a rapidly evolving digital world. 

Gabrielle Waite

Cyber dumpPremiumStolen Eagers car customer details may have hit dark web

WA’s biggest car dealer says it is looking into the claim that personal data stolen in December has been aired on the dark web.

Sean Smith

New powers PremiumRussian cyber criminal cops sanctions over Medibank hack

Australia has imposed cyber sanctions against a Russian man in response to the high-profile Medibank hack in 2022.

Kimberley Caines

Losing sleepCommentsPremiumCyberattacks replace talent war as top issue for CEOs

Cybersecurity overtakes talent war as the number one issue facing Australian businesses going into 2024, following a spate of high-profile attacks and outages.

Simone Grogan

Latest breachCommentsPremiumCar dealer Eagers to take profit hit after cyberattack

Eagers Automotive is still scrambling to figure out whether personal information has been compromised in a cyberattack that’s causing headaches across the listed car dealer’s expansive Australian operations.

Simone Grogan

investigation underway CommentsPremiumCar giant Eagers Automotive falls victim to cyberattack

Listed car retailer Eagers Automotive has locked its shares in a trading halt and called in experts to assess the fallout from a recent cyberattack.

Simone Grogan

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Ches RaffertyCommentsPremium
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Fiction will become fact if we don’t act on cyber security

Australia would be naïve at best, and negligent at worst to assume it can’t happen here

Ches Rafferty

‘Gravely concerning’ PremiumWA’s ‘boogie man’ cyber stalker jailed for terrorising women

A serial cyber stalker — who changed his name after being caught terrorising nearly twenty women online — has finally received an immediate jail term.

Tim Clarke

System hackedCommentsPremiumPersonal data of Freo wharfies stolen in port cyberattack

DP World says the November 10 incident was contained but only after personal information was accessed.

Sean Smith

Cyber securityCommentsPremiumNew plan to tackle ‘fastest-growing threat’ to nation

Close to $600 million will be spent to arm Australia in the fight against online criminals as the Albanese Government elevates cyber security to an urgent national priority. 

Dan Jervis-Bardy

Long-awaited strategyCommentsPremiumNew plan sees small business get free cyber security boost

Small businesses will be able to access free cyber security ‘health checks’ and one-on-one help to recover from crippling online attacks under a new Federal Government plan. 

Dan Jervis-Bardy

Far from overCommentsPremiumContainers moving at Fremantle Port following cyber-attack

A container terminal at Fremantle Port disrupted by a cyber-attack has recommenced ‘limited operations’ as operator DP World warns the fallout from the malicious incident could ‘continue for some time’. 

Josh Zimmerman

Cybercrime assaultCommentsPremiumAI has power to take fight to the hackers

Commonwealth Bank says artificial intelligence is helping it fight back against more sophisticated cyberattacks and is using systems to try and fool hackers. 

Gerard Cockburn

‘increased focus’PremiumHBF posts lower loss after jump in cyber security spending

WA’s biggest private health insurer is also closing branches in Success and the Perth CBD as more members go online for its services.

Sean Smith

Latest victimCommentsPremiumHackers get a slice of Pizza Hut customers’ personal data

Pizza Hut has become the latest company to fall victim to a cybersecurity breach, with the fast food chain telling customers their data may have been compromised.

Cheyanne Enciso

Data compromisedCommentsPremiumDymocks becomes the latest victim of a cybersecurity breach

Dymocks has become the latest corporate victim of a cybersecurity breach, with the bookstore chain on Friday telling customers their information “may have been compromised”.

Cheyanne Enciso

Slow activityCommentsPremiumCash rate cuts from mid-2024, NAB boss expects

National Australia Bank boss Ross McEwan expects official interest rates to get cut around mid-2024, which he says will get the economy moving again.

Cheyanne Enciso

Technology knowledgeCommentsPremiumCall for kids to get digital licence as part of education

School students would have to show their knowledge of cybersecurity to win a digital licence — similar to the traditional pen licence — under a proposal by researchers at Edith Cowan University.

Bethany Hiatt