Recent data breaches have raised concerns about the over collection of data by real estate agents. In a market where there is chronic shortage of rental properties, data security has become an issue for renters, who say they have no choice when asked to provide...
In November 2022, major Australian health insurer, Medibank, reported a cyber-attack in which a ransomware group gained access to the data of millions of customers by using the stolen credentials of a user with high privileges. The Medibank data breach has affected...
On September 22, 2022, Optus, an Australia telecommunications provider, was hacked with the sensitive data of 9.8 million customers extracted. The company initially claimed that sophisticated hacking was to blame for the breach. Later, it was reported that the threat...