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An Australian open source foundation is introducing a new approach to encryption called splintering, TechRepublic's Karen Roby talks with the Tide Foundation's co-founder.

Transport Agency Criticized for Violating Privacy LawBig data analysis relies on big data being available. But a recent incident in Australia put the privacy of millions of public transport...

Hackers Stole 'Significant Amounts' of Student, Staff DataAustralian National University has detected a data breach that resulted in the copying of "significant amounts" of staff and student data...

A top Australian university with close ties to the country's government and security services on Tuesday said it had been the victim of a vast hack by a "sophisticated operator" who gained access...

Many of the Problems Are Also Common in the U.S.Similar to security deficiencies often found in the U.S. healthcare sector, weak security controls and practices are putting Australian patient data...

Out of 25 million? Cripes The Office of the Australian Data Information Commissioner's quarterly report has revealed that more than 10.5 million Ozzies – about 40 per cent of the lot of them – had...

Report: Hacker Could Spoof Child's Location, View Personal InformationAn Australian company that markets a smartwatch designed to let parents monitor their child has taken its service offline...

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Senate Committee Reviewing Law With an Eye to AmendTechnology organizations say Australia's anti-encryption law passed in December is already undermining trust in their local operations. The...

'No evidence that any data has been accessed time' say Australian officials as fingers pointed at foreign spies The Australian Parliament has reset all passwords on the parliamentary computing...