Sapien Cyber,a high-tech cybersecurity startup backed by Edith Cowan University,has gone into administration after two major shareholders ceased to be customers.
The government is being urged to reduce Australia’s reliance on Chinese-made cranes and electric vehicles because of fears they could be used for spying.
It has become dangerously easy to fleece Australians of their hard-earned. Last year,301,000 of us reported a scam.
An Australian Federal Police spokesperson said it was “aware of reports” Aleksandr Ermakov had been detained for alleged cyber crimes.
A key bureaucrat in the Home Affairs department’s cybersecurity area is a shareholder in one of Australia’s biggest cybersecurity companies.
“No one is more disappointed than me,” Tangerine’s CEO said after more than 200,000 customers are caught up in a data breach.
Authorities have dismantled an alleged cybercrime network selling subscriptions to hacking software used to target Australians,following an international operation.
Everybody on the call apart from the victim was a fake representation of a real person,including the boss,police said.
As questions mount about a mass data leak involving Football Australia,industry insiders warn local clubs are in the firing line.
The cybersecurity incident has potentially affected every local soccer customer or fan,along with the players,researchers say.
Australia and the US are locked in an intense battle with China for influence in the Pacific,including for control of undersea cable networks.