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WhatsApp denies claims that someone is selling its user data

November 29, 2022 Joana Bagano 0

A report by CyberNews alleged that a cyber attacker is selling of millions of WhatsApp user data from around the world. WhatsApp insists it’s not true. Read more…

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Medibank reveals full scope of data breach – it’s bad

October 27, 2022 News Centre 0

Medibank says a cyber attack compromised data of all of its of its nearly 4 million customers, as it warned of a major hit to its first-half earnings. Read more…

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Paying off hackers is more common than you might think

October 26, 2022 News Centre 0

Corporate insurers routinely pay hackers ransom to return stolen customer data, says Macquarie Telecom Group, as Medibank reveals the scale of a recent breach. Read more…

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Now Telstra has been hacked – employee data stolen

October 4, 2022 News Centre 0

Two weeks after Optus was left reeling by a massive cyberattack, now Telstra says it has suffered a “small” data breach involving employee data. Read more…

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Optus rejects claims of sloppy security as hackers back off

September 27, 2022 News Centre 0

Optus came under more fire from the government for last week’s data breach, while the hackers withdrew their ransom demand and said they have deleted the data. Read more…

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Uber reportedly hacked (again), investigation under way

September 19, 2022 News Centre 0

Uber said it was investigating an alleged network breach that forced the company to shut several internal communications and engineering systems. Read more…

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Indonesia probes alleged data leaks at Indihome and PLN

August 24, 2022 Joana Bagano 0

Indonesia is investigating IndiHome and PLN after reports that 5GB of personal data was leaked from IndiHome’s database to a site in the dark web. Read more…

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IBM report describes the real cost of a data breach – and it is scary

August 2, 2021 Alex Leslie 0

The IBM report, now in its 17th year, illustrates just how expensive breaches are and it makes for scary reading. Costs rose 10% in 2020/21. Read more…

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Data breach at McDonald’s – what on Earth did they want, a Big Mac?

June 14, 2021 Alex Leslie 0

The recent data breach at McDonald’s in South Korea and Taiwan just sounds weird. A bank, insurance company, a telco are easy to understand. Read more…

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Japanese app Line allowed Chinese engineers to access user data

March 18, 2021 News Centre 0

Japanese messaging app Line allowed Chinese engineers at a Shanghai affiliate to access data on Japanese users without seeking their consent. Read more…

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Singtel third-party file-sharing system (FTA) hacked, data breached

February 12, 2021 News Centre 0

A third-party file-sharing system (FTA) used by Singapore telco, Singtel, has been hacked and customer information may have been compromised. Read more…

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Cybercrime and the irony of tighter regulation

August 28, 2019 Alex Leslie 0

The irony is that the business losses through cybercrime data breaches will be driven ever higher by regulation. Read more…

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Think investing in security is pricey? The cost of breaches is worse

March 19, 2018 Alex Leslie 0

Just in case anyone thought that the world was not taking security seriously enough, Juniper Research has predicted that spending on cyber security will be a $134 billion a year market by 2022. This figure, Read more…

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Leaked Malaysian mobile data may have been for sale for years

November 3, 2017 News Centre 0

KUALA LUMPUR/SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Personal details of tens of millions of Malaysians obtained from a 2014 data breach have likely been available for sale for a long time, according to the founder of an online Read more…

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Personal data of almost every mobile user in Malaysia leaked

November 2, 2017 News Centre 0

KUALA LUMPUR/SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Malaysia is investigating an alleged attempt to sell the data of more than 46 million mobile phone subscribers online, in what appears to be one of the largest leaks of customer Read more…

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Data breach stats for last year not pleasant reading and likely to get worse

April 5, 2017 Jonathon Gordon 0

The latest data breach stats report from vendor Gemalto shows an increase of 86% YoY. Theft of personal data was top of the data breach stats in 2016, accounting for 59% of all data breaches. In Read more…

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