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Credit Bureau Acted 'Unconscionably' With Vulnerable People, ACCC allegesEquifax has a new problem in Australia, a country that was left unscathed by the credit bureau's devastating data breach....

Pro: Payment System Confirms Recipient Information. Con: It Could Be AbusedAustralia's real-time payments platform, which launched last week, includes a feature designed to reduce fraud and...

The United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand have joined the United Kingdom in officially blaming Russia for the destructive NotPetya attack launched last summer. Moscow has denied the...

Payments Are Speedy But Irreversible; Will Fraud Rise?Australia is the latest country to roll out real-time payments, where funds from an account at one bank reach an account at another bank in...

This story of leaked Australian government secrets is unlike any other I've heard: It begins at a second-hand shop in Canberra, where ex-government furniture is sold off cheaply. The deals can be...

The United States is not the only country to officially accuse North Korea this week of being behind the WannaCry ransomware campaign. Canada, Japan, Australia and New Zealand have also blamed...

Australian police accidentally broadcast on social media details of an operation to arrest a suspected North Korean agent -- three days before he was taken into custody, media reported Wednesday. read more

Foreign powers are waging an "extensive, unrelenting" campaign of espionage and meddling in Australia, notably targeting ethnic and religious minorities, the country's spy chief warned Thursday....

'Extensive and Extreme' Contractor Breach Compromises Jet and Navy DataA hacker exploited an unpatched, 12-month-old flaw in a small Australian defense contractor's IT helpdesk and stole data for...

Sensitive data about Australia's F-35 stealth fighter and P-8 surveillance aircraft programmes were stolen when a defence subcontractor was hacked using a tool widely used by Chinese cyber...