by Rachel Cooper | Oct 6, 2022 | News
A 19-year-old Sydney man was arrested by the Australian Federal Police (AFP) this morning and charged with an alleged attempt to extort victims of the Optus data breach. The AFP actioned a search warrant at the Rockdale home following a text message scam and seized...
by Rachel Cooper | Oct 6, 2022 | News
Welcome to spooky season! Ghosts and monsters aside, we know in this modern day there is nothing scarier than experiencing a cyberattack or falling for a scam. The moment of realisation causes your heart to drop as your mind runs quickly – How did this happen?...
by Rachel Cooper | Sep 26, 2022 | Cybersecurity, News
Optus is currently investigating after suffering a significant data breach due to a cyberattack that may originate back as far as 2017. Optus has stated that upon discovering the breach they “immediately shut down the attack”. The famous Aussie telco...
by Rachel Cooper | Sep 16, 2022 | Cybersecurity, News
In an unfortunate twist of events, the popular ride app, Uber, has been hacked in what one security engineer describes as a “total compromise”. Uber discovered earlier this week their computer network had been breached. Several internal communication and...
by Rachel Cooper | Feb 28, 2022 | News
The infamous hacker collective known as ‘Anonymous’ has declared cyberwar on the Russian Government following the invasion of Ukraine. The leaderless activist group has succeeded in taking down several government-run websites in a series of cyberattacks as...
by Rachel Cooper | Nov 16, 2021 | Cybersecurity, News
Sometimes the numbers just don’t seem real but unfortunately, the threat of falling victim to a scam is more real than ever before. According to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) ScamWatch, the losses reported to them from the beginning...
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