Report reveals more mega-breaches affecting Aussies
Newly released figures reveal that millions of Australians are believed to have been affected by data breaches in the three months to 30 June.
Newly released figures reveal that millions of Australians are believed to have been affected by data breaches in the three months to 30 June.
The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner and its counterparts in the UK, US, Canada and EU have called on Facebook and its subsidiary Calibra will ensure personal information is protected when as the Libra cryptocurrency project is rolled out.
So-called ‘cyber incidents’ continue to be a leading source of data breaches that threaten Australians’ privacy, according to figures released by the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC).
The government says it will legislate increase the penalties that can be levied under the Privacy Act to 10 per cent of a company’s turnover, $10 million or three times the value of a benefit obtained through the misuse of information, whichever is greater, up from a current cap of $2.1 million for serious or repeated breaches.
Data from the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) reveals that last year it received 812 notifications as part of the mandatory breach reporting regime.
User credentials compromised through phishing attacks was a key source of data breaches in the three months to September 30, according to the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner.
The head of the Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC), Alastair MacGibbon, has warned people to be wary of possible phishing attacks in the wake of a Facebook security breach.
Malicious or criminal attacks accounted for the majority of data breaches reported to the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner in the three months to 30 June.
Health service booking platform HealthEngine says it has notified the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner of a data breach affecting some of its registered users.
The Department of Health broke the law when it published datasets containing a billion lines of historical health data relating to around three million Australians in 2016, says Australian Information Commissioner and Privacy Commissioner, Timothy Pilgrim.
The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner says it is investigating whether any personal information of Australians was disclosed to Cambridge Analytica without authorisation.
Australian Information Commissioner and Privacy Commissioner Timothy Pilgrim will leave his role next month.
The Australian Privacy Commissioner has completed an investigation into a data breach affecting customers of Amazing Rentals.
A new guide from the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner is intended to help organisations effectively de-identify their data.
The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner has finalised its investigation into an allegations of a data breach in 2015 that involved iiNet subsidiary Westnet.