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Medibank and the importance of multi-factor authentication (MFA)
The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) filed civil proceedings against Medibank in the Federal Court, alleging serious interference with the privacy of approximately 9.7 million individuals. The data breach is expected to [...]
Connected cars concerns
An investigation by consumer advocacy group Choice found that most of Australia's popular car brands collect and share "driver data," which can include braking patterns and video footage. Choice reports that Kia and Hyundai collect voice [...]
‘Insidious’ tech-facilitated abuse roundtable with Kylea Tink
Technology-facilitated abuse is rapidly growing and affecting many in domestic violence situations. According to the NSW Crime Commission, one in four people purchasing GPS tracking devices since 2023 have a history of domestic [...]
CrowdStrike: “The largest IT outage in history”
On 19 July, a faulty update from American cybersecurity company CrowdStrike caused widespread "blue screens of death" on Microsoft machines, affecting 8.5 million Windows devices. The impact was significant, with disruptions in various locations and [...]
New legislation has been introduced to combat sexually explicit deepfakes
The introduced legislation aims to create new criminal offences to ban the sharing of non-consensual deepfake sexually explicit material. The Criminal Code Amendment (Deepfake Sexual Material) Bill 2024 will impose severe criminal penalties of [...]
Tinder Updates Dating Dictionary
In partnership with Chanel Contos, founder of Teach Us Consent, Tinder has launched the latest phase of consent education in Australia by publishing an updated version of its Dating Dictionary: Consent Edition. This updated [...]
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