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A jobseeker holds an L3Harris flyer at a career in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, this month. Reported say Peter Williams was the general manager of L3Harris subsidiary Trenchant until August this year.

‘Betrayed’: US unleashes on Australian who sold stolen defence secrets to Russia

Peter Williams, 39, admitted to the theft of eight cybersecurity-related trade secrets from his US employer and selling them to a Russian broker for $2 million.

  • Michael Koziol

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The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner has identified flaws in American Express’s security systems.

‘Sensitive personal information’: Leaked report reveals American Express security failures

The privacy watchdog wants American Express to overhaul its technology systems after a lengthy investigation found they were exposed to insider threats.

  • Charlotte Grieve and Julie Lewis
The Australian Signals Directorate warned artificial intelligence would accelerate cyber attacks.

The weakest link: Stolen staff passwords now the biggest cyber threat to workplaces

Two in five critical security incidents affecting large companies, governments and universities now come from compromised accounts and credentials.

  • Natassia Chrysanthos
Eleven Western countries have accused a notorious Russian military intelligence hacking group of targeting defense, transport and tech firms involved in helping Ukraine.

Australia accuses Russian hackers of spying on Ukraine aid routes and border cameras

Australia and 10 Western allies have accused the Kremlin-linked Fancy Bear hacking group of a two-year espionage campaign aimed at disrupting foreign aid deliveries to Ukraine.

  • Rob Harris
Health Minister Mark Butler said the government would always look at ways to strengthen Medicare.

Coalition haunted by its anti-Medicare history

Liberal spokesperson Anne Ruston claims that “the Coalition always has, and always will, invest in Medicare”. Well, except when under Malcolm Fraser they demolished Medibank and opposed any changes to the ramshackle health scheme we had.

Cybercriminals are targeting private schools with ransomware attacks.

Private school students’ personal data proves prime target for hackers

Cybercriminals see private schools as increasingly attractive extortion targets and are threatening to publish sensitive data on the dark web.

  • Matthew Knott
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Foreign Minister Penny Wong and Richard Marles.

Australia takes rare step of blaming China for backing cyberattacks

It is the first time Australian agencies have taken the lead in attributing cyberattacks to hacking group APT40 and naming the Ministry of State Security as a sponsor of the operations.

  • David Crowe
IPH Ltd is under a trading halt after reporting a “cyber incident” to the ASX.

How this small non-profit group beat a malicious cyberattack

Hackers attempted to commit credit card fraud against UN Women Australia, but its chief executive says the group managed to beat the attackers with the help of its technology partners.

  • David Swan
Federal police and government agencies are probing this latest large-scale data hack.

Police investigate large-scale healthcare data breach at MediSecure

Federal police are investigating after the Melbourne-based healthcare business was targeted in a ransomware data breach.

  • David Swan and Jessica McSweeney
Firstmac customers are only now learning of their data being breached, weeks after the Brisbane-based lender was hacked.

Mortgage lender suffers hack, credit card details published on dark web

Firstmac customers are being warned they may need to replace their identity documents after copies of them were stolen by a ransomware gang.

  • David Swan