Fourteen months to out Medibank hacker is too long
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Cybersecurity

Fourteen months to out Medibank hacker is too long

The Albanese government’s naming of a Russian cyber thief responsible for the 2022 Medibank Private hack is a belated but welcome first in combating the rampant increase in cybercrime.

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Latitude reveals hit from cyberattack,warns bad debts rising

Latitude reveals hit from cyberattack,warns bad debts rising

The consumer finance business has taken a heavy hit from the cyberattack which exposed personal details of 7.9 million customers sourced from retailers such as Harvey Norman,JB Hi-Fi,Coles and Apple.

  • byClancy Yeates
Latitude hack triggers landmark privacy investigation

Latitude hack triggers landmark privacy investigation

The Australian and New Zealand privacy commissioners have announced a joint investigation into the hack of Latitude Financial,which exposed the details of millions of consumer finance customers.

  • byColin Kruger
Latitude refuses to pay hackers’ ransom demand

Latitude refuses to pay hackers’ ransom demand

Criminals who stole the data of 14 million consumers from Latitude Financial made a ransom demand to the consumer lender,which it is refusing to pay.

  • byColin Kruger
‘Consider what damage could be caused’:Government launches cyber ‘war games’ for major banks
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Cybersecurity

‘Consider what damage could be caused’:Government launches cyber ‘war games’ for major banks

Home Affairs Minister Clare O’Neil says recent attacks on Optus,Medibank and Latitude Financial are just the “tip of the iceberg” for damaging cyberattacks.

  • byMatthew Knott
Private financial,health information exposed in Meriton data breach

Private financial,health information exposed in Meriton data breach

The property giant contacted around 1900 staff and guests to inform them their data may have been accessed in the latest cyber incident involving an Australian company.

  • byTim Biggs
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Hacked:Latitude confirms details of 14 million consumers stolen

Hacked:Latitude confirms details of 14 million consumers stolen

The data breach affects the driver’s licence numbers of 7.9 million Australian and New Zealand customers of retailers including Harvey Norman,JB Hi-Fi,The Good Guys and Apple.

  • byColin Kruger
Why corporate management is not being punished for cybercrime

Why corporate management is not being punished for cybercrime

Could it be that shareholders and consumers are becoming blasé about major data breaches?

  • byElizabeth Knight
Israel closes investigation into former top spy over James Packer gift

Israel closes investigation into former top spy over James Packer gift

The billionaire’s generosity towards Israel’s elite spark mass outrage,plus an ongoing corruption trial against Benjamin Netanyahu.

  • byKishor Napier-Raman andNoel Towell
328,000 IDs feared stolen in ‘sophisticated’ Latitude Financial hack

328,000 IDs feared stolen in ‘sophisticated’ Latitude Financial hack

Hacked consumer finance outfit Latitude Financial provides services to Harvey Norman,JB Hi-Fi,Apple and others.

  • byColin Kruger
ASIC takes Harvey Norman,Latitude to court over interest-free offers

ASIC takes Harvey Norman,Latitude to court over interest-free offers

The regulator alleges that advertisements for interest-free payment methods didn’t give customers the full picture of the costs involved.

  • byEmma Koehn