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Healthcare needs to guard patient data better as it tops OAIC’s most-breached list yet again
1+ hour, 57+ min ago (100+ words) Health’s ‘naked’ data at more risk than ever AFR With data too lucrative to resist, health service providers were – as usual – the most hacked organisations in 2025. Now, tech departments are trying to get ahead of a new generation of autonomous…...
How chief information security officers’ jobs have changed in the AI era
1+ hour, 57+ min ago (134+ words) The life of an information security chief just got a lot faster AFR Tech executives across the world are warning that the biggest change to their job from AI is the speed at which they need to act. The chief…...
‘We need to keep up’: Uni to offer degree in AI cybersecurity
21+ hour, 54+ min ago (92+ words) AFR A shortage of cybersecurity experts has left Australian organisations vulnerable as state-backed hackers and criminal gangs harness artificial intelligence to accelerate their attacks, warns the head of one of the country’s most prominent cybersecurity firms. CyberCX founder and chief…...
Origin Energy says 900,000 customers details leaked in data breach
1+ day, 12+ hour ago (70+ words) AFR Origin Energy says the personal information of some 900,000 current and former customers was stolen in a hack this month, admitting it took almost three weeks to come clean about the enormous data breach. The electricity and gas giant said…...
Big bank boards go back to the drawing board on cyberdefence playbook
2+ day, 20+ hour ago (145+ words) AFR For decades, the procedures were simple. Guidelines, executive responsibility. Now a crop of fast-moving, AI-powered hackers are forcing a dramatic rethink. Cybersecurity in the age of AI has shot to the top of boardroom discussions at major banks and…...
Big super is divided on cybersecurity, and the government is worried
3+ day, 6+ hour ago (116+ words) AFR The Albanese government has repeatedly told the superannuation industry to stop arguing and work together to bolster defences against cyber threats amid fears the sector is reacting too slowly and splintering, leaving members exposed just a year after a…...
Origin Energy confirms customer data leak in cyberattack
6+ day, 9+ hour ago (72+ words) AFR The country’s biggest electricity and gas retailer Origin Energy has confirmed it has suffered a leak of customer data, including a raft of personal information and incomplete credit card or bank account numbers. It is still working to confirm…...
Bupa-target Partnered Health hit by cyberattack ahead of acquisition
2+ week, 8+ hour ago (97+ words) AFR Patients of medical clinics around Australia managed by the Partnered Health Group have been told their private information may have been stolen, including pathology results, three weeks after the group suffered a cyberattack. More than 20 of the group’s medical…...
Exclusive Subscriber Offer - Cyber Summit 2026
2+ week, 1+ day ago (95+ words) AFR The Australian Financial Review Cyber Summit gathers Australia’s foremost corporate, defence, and policy leaders to confront the friction between rapid AI innovation and societal safety. The summit will dissect the Mythos fallout, explore AI as a defensive ally, and…...
ASD warns of Russian ‘beserk bear’ cyber attacks
2+ week, 1+ day ago (111+ words) The Australian Signals Directorate has joined international intelligence agencies to issue a rare warning about an uptick of Russian state-sponsored cyberattacks. The Australian Signals Directorate has joined with 12 international intelligence partners to issue a rare warning over a rise in…...