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Bupa Global Data Breach Affects Almost 20,000 Australians

Jon Bragg July 17, 2017 No Comments

The personal data of almost 20,000 Australians has been “inappropriately copied and removed” by an employee of Bupa’s international health insurance division. Last Friday, Bupa Global said it had dismissed the UK-based…

Dark Web Site Shut, Founder Dead

Computer Daily News July 17, 2017 No Comments

Dark Web Internet site AlphaBay has been raided and shut down in an international operation that has had its leader jailed. The shutdown was coordinated by US, Canadian and Thai…

Aus Gov Unveil Encryption Legislation

Fergus Halliday July 14, 2017 No Comments

The Australian federal government plans to take on tech companies with new legislation that will compel them to break into the encrypted messages of users and hand the contents over…

Virgin Oz Plans More Wi-Fi

Computer Daily News July 14, 2017 No Comments

Virgin Australia aims to expand its currently free in-flight Internet service to cover the USA and Asia while also building up its domestic fleet of Wi-Fi equipped jets, according to…

Trump Dumps Kaspersky

Computer Daily News July 13, 2017 No Comments

The Trump administration has removed Russian-based security specialist Kaspersky Lab from two lists of approved vendors for US government agencies. Washington agencies can no longer purchase technology from Kaspersky, due…

Symantec Mulls Web Security Sale

Computer Daily News July 13, 2017 No Comments

Cybersecurity market leader Symantec is considering selling its Web site certification business in a deal that could fetch more than US$1 billion. Selling the unit would extricate Symantec from a…

Staffer Reveals How To Tap Mobiles ATO-Style: Wrist Slapped

Computer Daily News July 13, 2017 No Comments

An Australian Tax Office staff member has been disciplined – though apparently not sacked or suspended – after publishing online a step-by-step guide, apparently ATO-based, on how to hack mobile…

Aussie Tech Exec Charged Over Million-Dollar Scam

Computer Daily News July 12, 2017 No Comments

A Queensland man who set up allegedly fraudulent IT companies has been charged by police after an investigation into a multinational ransomware scam. Police detectives from the Mackay Criminal Investigation…

FANG Throw Support Behind Net Neutrality

Fergus Halliday July 11, 2017 No Comments

Netflix, Amazon, Google, Facebook and other major online companies have thrown their support behind net neutrality once again, ahead of a “Day of Action” set for July 12th. The move…

NBN Rollout Reaches Halfway Point

Jon Bragg July 10, 2017 No Comments

NBN have announced that half of the Australian population is now able to connect to the National Broadband Network. After reaching the milestone halfway point of the network rollout, NBN…