After Chinese hackers were able to hack into U.S. government email accounts last week, Microsoft’s security systems are now under fire from Congress. A cyber gang based in China was accused of stealing emails from senior U.S. officials in a major security breach through a weakness in Microsoft MSFT.O software. The attacks were allegedly able…
Microsoft’s Contract With Government Agencies Under Fire Following Chinese Cyber Attacks
July 14, 2023
admin
Business & MarketsChinaChina NewsCompaniesCrime & Public SafetyCrime and Incidentscyber attackscyber securityeconomic policieseconomyMedia & Big TechmonopolyNational SecurityPolicies & ImpactsTechTech NewstechnologyU.S. governmentUSUS NewsUS-China relations
0 Comment
Biometric Data Part of Australia’s Plan to Protect Citizens’ Identity
The Australian government is pushing for the use of biometric data to fight off identity thieves amid recent waves of cyber crimes that rocked the country. In the newly released National Strategy for Identity Resilience, the federal government outlined ten principles to protect the identities of Australians, which all state and territory governments approved. Among…
Communist China’s Cyber Attacks Must Be Declared Acts of War
Commentary We have been fools. We will continue to be fooled until our politicians fight communist China’s unrestricted cyber warfare against the United States with more than hot air. The latest evidence of such warfare is a newly published Microsoft report documenting the breathtaking scope of this particular form of communist Chinese aggression. According to…
Medibank Faces Class Action After Massive Hack
Medibank shareholders have taken legal action against the private health insurer for not disclosing alleged cyber security “deficiencies”. The class action was filed in the Supreme Court of Victoria and served on Medibank on Wednesday. Medibank reported the massive data breach in October last year after Russian hackers stole the sensitive health records of almost…
Data of 14 Million Customers Stolen in Cyber Attack
The hack of Australian finance firm, Latitude Financial, is worse than initially thought. In mid-March, the consumer finance provider estimated around 328,000 customers had their data stolen by hackers, now that number has ballooned to over 14 million, according to an investor statement. Latitude Group confirmed on March 27 that 7.9 million Australian and New…
QUT Confirms Thousands of Staff’s Data Stolen by Hackers
January 23, 2023
admin
AustraliaClare O'Neilcyber attackscybersecurityInternationalQueensland University of Technologyransomware cyber attackWorld
0 Comment
The Queensland University of Technology (QUT) has confirmed that part of its staff and student data was stolen in a cyber attack last month. The university confirmed on Jan. 20 that data belonging to nearly 2,500 current employees, several former employees, and 17 current and 50 former students was stolen in a cyber attack on…
Cyber Onslaught on Australia Continues as Major University Falls Victim to Ransomware Attack
December 30, 2022
admin
AustraliaAustralia Cyber Security Centrecyber attackscyber securityQueenslandQueensland University of Technologyransomware attacksTechTech NewsWorld
0 Comment
Cyber attackers have struck Australia again, with one of Australia’s top universities, the Queensland University of Technology, announcing a ransomware attack has hit them. At present, the university notes that there is no evidence any private data was stolen. The university has shut down its IT systems as a precaution, and students have been warned…
LastPass Confirm Hackers Stole Customer Passwords in Recent Admission
December 23, 2022
admin
Business & MarketsCompaniescyber attacksdata breachencrypted password vaultshacker attackLastPasspasswordsTechTech NewsUS
0 Comment
The data breach which hit password manager LastPass this August was more serious than earlier perceived, and involved customer passwords being stolen, the company admitted in a latest update on the situation. In the August hack, the company claimed that a threat actor gained internal access to its systems for a period of four days,…
Australian Government Considers Outlawing Ranson Payments to Hackers
Australia may soon introduce new laws that ban local companies from paying ransom to hackers if they fall victim to data breaches. Speaking to the Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s Insiders program on Nov. 13, Home Affairs Minister Clare O’Neil said the federal government was considering whether it was necessary to make ransom payments illegal following the…
Australian Government Considers Outlawing Ransom Payments to Hackers
Australia may soon introduce new laws that ban local companies from paying ransom to hackers if they fall victim to data breaches. Speaking to the Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s Insiders program on Nov. 13, Home Affairs Minister Clare O’Neil said the federal government was considering whether it was necessary to make ransom payments illegal following the…
-
Recent Posts
-
Archives
- May 2025
- April 2025
- July 2023
- June 2023
- May 2023
- April 2023
- March 2023
- February 2023
- January 2023
- December 2022
- November 2022
- October 2022
- September 2022
- August 2022
- July 2022
- June 2022
- May 2022
- April 2022
- March 2022
- February 2022
- January 2022
- December 2021
- November 2021
- October 2021
- September 2021
- August 2021
- July 2021
- June 2021
- May 2021
- April 2021
- March 2021
- February 2021
- January 2021
- December 2020
- September 2013
- July 2013
- March 2013
- January 2013
- December 2012
- November 2012
- December 1
-
Meta