cyber attack

A major security breach has led to the theft of the data of 14 million Australians and New Zealanders.Consumer finance company Latitude Group’s systems confirmed on Monday that the…

Millions of customers of leading Australian electronics store The Good Guys have had their personal data accessed when a third-party supplier was hacked.Names, addresses, phone…

A self-confessed reformed scammer has given a new insight into a shady industry that preys on vulnerable women.Chris*, originally from Nigeria, was a professional romance scammer…

JD Sports has been hit with a cyber attack which leaked 10 million customers’ personal data, including names, order details and contact information.The British sports clothing…

Hundreds of parents of students at a catholic high school north east of Melbourne have had their credit card information stolen over the school holidays.In a letter sent out on…

The phone rings with a number that appears to be from your local area, so you answer.But something is off. You quickly realise you have been fooled into answering the call of yet…

The data of students at a major Australian university was stolen, the university has confirmed.Queensland University of Technology confirmed on Friday that 67 students “may” have…

Australians are urged to beware of a cyber scam offering hundreds of dollars in myGov refunds.The dodgy emails tell recipients they have an “outstanding refund” from myGov and…

Hackers have stolen the email addresses of more than 200 million Twitter users and posted them on an online hacking forum, a security researcher says.The breach “will unfortunately…

More than 400 million Twitter users may have had their personal details stolen and put up for sale online in a major cyber attack.A cyber crook claims to be selling the stolen data…