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      Regulator Tells Australian Banks to Boost Cyberattack Defenses

      2023-03-27

      BNN Bloomberg: Australia’s financial institutions must improve their resilience to cyberattacks, the head of the nation’s banking regulator said.

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      Latitude Financial Cyber-attack Worse Than First Thought with 14m Customer Records Stolen

      2023-03-27

      The Guardian: Latitude Financial has revealed that 14m customer records – including driver’s licence numbers, passport numbers and financial statements – were stolen from its system in a cyber-attack that was far worse than the company initially reported.

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      Australia Plans to Reform Cyber Security Rules, Set up Agency

      2023-02-26

      U.S News: The Australian government on Monday said it planned to overhaul its cyber security rules and set up an agency to oversee government investment in the field and help coordinate responses to hacker attacks.

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      Australia Witnessed 16 Major Cyber-attacks As Hackers Attempt to Steal ‘Sensitive Data’

      2022-12-08

      Express: Australia had 16 major cyber-attacks against Australian organisations, which were trying to be “cyber extortion attacks”, claimed CyberCX Cyber Intelligence Director Katherine Mansted. Recently, millions of Australians had their privacy breached in cyber attacks on Optus, Medibank and other companies.

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      Hacked Australian Health Insurer Data Posted to Dark Web Forum

      2022-11-08

      BNN Bloomberg: Data stolen from an Australian health insurer, including the names, addresses and birthdates of hundreds of customers, has been posted to a forum on the so-called dark web. 

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      Australia's No. 1 Health Insurer Says Hacker Stole Patient Details

      2022-10-19

      U.S. News: Australia's biggest health insurer said a criminal had apparently stolen customers' medical information as part of a massive breach of data, fuelling concern about a wave of high-profile cyber attacks.

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      Optus Hacker Apologizes and Allegedly Deletes All Stolen Data

      2022-09-27

      Bleeping Computer: The hacker who claimed to have breached Optus and stolen the data of 11 million customers has withdrawn their extortion demands after facing increased attention by law enforcement. The threat actor also apologized to 10,200 people whose personal data was already leaked on a hacking forum.

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      Chinese Hackers Target Australian Govt with ScanBox Malware

      2022-08-30

      Bleeping Computer: China-based threat actors have been targeting Australian government agencies and wind turbine fleets in the South China Sea by directing select individuals to a fake impersonating an Australian news media outlet.

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      ACCC, ASIC Trials Website Takedowns for Phishing, Crypto Scams

      2022-07-20

      IT News: Australia’s competition watchdog has partnered with the corporate regulator to trial automated takedowns of websites hosting phishing and other scams.

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      50k Customers Caught Up in Spirit Super Phishing Attack

      2022-05-30

      it News: As many as 50,000 members of Tasmanian-based industry super fund Spirit Super may have had their sensitive personal information compromised after a phishing attack earlier this month.

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