Australia’s privacy commissioner has launched an investigation into Facebook after it was revealed that information about more than 300,000 users of the social media network here may have been improperly shared with Cambridge Analytica.
Close to 10,000 asylum seekers affected by a data breach of personal information four years ago by the Department of Immigration and Border Protection are invited to provide evidence of loss or damage to the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC).
The Australian public’s concern about security issues is the highest it has been in the last 10 years, according to research.
The NSW privacy commissioner has recommended to state parliament that IT service providers share the blame for data breaches at their public sector clients.
The minister responsible for the census has done a semantic dance around whether a Denial of Service attack is really an ‘attack’ at all.