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![Australian Cryptocurrency Theft Highlights Security Mistakes](/static/build/img/news/alt/hackers-statistics-small.jpg)
AU$450,000 of Ripple Lost After Email, Cryptocurrency Account TakeoversAustralian police have charged a woman in the theft of AU$450,000 (US$318,000) worth of the virtual currency XRP, also known...
![Australian Teenager Pleads Guilty to Hacking Apple](/static/build/img/news/alt/cyberattack-statistics-1-small.jpg)
Defense Attorney Says His Young Client Dreamed of Working for iPhone GiantAn Australian teenager was such a fan of Apple that he hacked into the technology giant's mainframe, according to media...
![Australians who won’t unlock their phones could face 10 years in jail](/static/build/img/news/alt/web-statistics-2-small.jpg)
The Australian government wants to force companies to help it get at suspected criminals’ data. If they can’t, it would jail people for up to a decade if they refuse to unlock their phones.
![Australians almost immune from ransomware, topping lists for data safety](/static/build/img/news/alt/data-statistics-small.jpg)
OAIC releases data breach notification report Take a bow, Australians: we may have had 242 breaches sent to the information commissioner this quarter, but almost nobody fell victim to ransomware attacks.…
![SME Security to bring Cybersecurity Resilience Accelerator to Australian SMEs](/static/build/img/news/alt/managed-security-small.jpg)
SME Security announces the launch of its Cybersecurity Resilience Accelerator (CRA) for small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) within Australia and New Zealand. The CRA has been designed to...
![Australian Airport Identity Card Issuer Breached](/static/build/img/news/alt/cyberattack-statistics-1-small.jpg)
Aviation ID Australia Says Website Accessed By Unauthorized EntityAn Australian company that issues identity cards for access to airports has been notifying applicants and cardholders their...
![Spurred by GDPR, Australian Businesses Catch Up on Privacy](/static/build/img/news/alt/Data-Cybersecurity-Predictions-2-small.jpg)
Casual View of Privacy in Australia Is Changing, Says Symantec's Brian FletcherThe European Union's new data protection enforcement is prompting a rethink about data handling in Australia, which...
![Australian Bank Lost Data For 19.8 Million Accounts](/static/build/img/news/alt/breach-statistics-small.jpg)
Commonwealth Bank Says Risks From Loss Of Two Magnetic Tapes Are LowCommonwealth Bank has confirmed that two magnetic tapes containing transaction information for 19.8 million accounts went...
![Australian Feds cuff woman who used BTC to buy drugs on dark web](/static/build/img/news/alt/web-stats-small.jpg)
'We can see you everywhere and so can our friends in the UK', says Border Force Australia’s Border Force (ABF) has warned that “people shouldn’t assume the dark web is invisible to Australian...
![Breach Alert Service: UK, Australian Governments Plug In](/static/build/img/news/alt/cybersecurity-breach-statistics-small.jpg)
Both Governments' Domains Now Centrally Monitored via 'Have I Been Pwned'The U.K.'s National Cyber Security Center and Australian Cyber Security Center are using the "Have I Been Pwned"...