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Couple Shares Clever Hack To Live In Some Of The World's Most Expensive Cities For Free
By finding a unique opportunity, a couple lived in wonderful homes across Australia without paying a single dollar for rent.
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Ways To Keep Yourself Safe From Cyberfraud
Think about how many things you have done online today. Paid a bill? Logged into your bank account? Used social media or spent time answering emails? Maybe you have used your phone to pay at a supermarket or train station.
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Australia Accuses China-Backed Hacker Group Of Stealing User Data
Cybersecurity firms backed by the Chinese authorities have been accused of stealing passwords and usernames from unnamed Australian networks in 2022, the Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) reported on Tuesday.
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Elon Musk Deepfake Videos Targeting Crypto Investors Displayed on Channel Seven Following YouTube Hack
Elon Musk’s popularity in the crypto circle is becoming a dangerous threat for crypto investors, especially for ones who take the billionaire’s market commentary rather seriously. In a fresh incident, Musk’s identity was misused to promote a fake crypto scheme on the YouTube channel of Australia’s Channel Seven .
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Woman In Australia Wears 5.5 kg Of Clothes To Avoid Airline's Baggage Fee, Gets Fined
After realising her carry-on luggage exceeded the maximum weight limit of seven kilos, she put on all of her extra clothes to avoid paying the fee
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Medibank Data Breach: Hackers Upload More Customer Data, Say 'Case Closed' on World Cybersecurity Day
Medibank data involving several customers was released by hackers on Thursday. The hackers claimed that they had added a "full folder" of the data, and said "case closed". The insurer, which has refused to pay a ransom to the hackers, said on Thursday that there were currently no signs that banking data had been stolen.
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Medibank Data Breach: Hackers Demand $10 Million for Stolen Australian Health Records
Hackers have demanded $10 million (roughly Rs. 82 crore) for health records stolen from major Australian healthcare firm Medibank. The hackers who breached Medibank uploaded more personal details of customers on a dark web forum on Thursday, and the health insurer has confirmed that access to 9.7 million current and former clients was accessed duri...
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Australia Pathology Service Provider Hacked, Data of Thousands of Patients Stolen as Hacking Epidemic Widens
Australian Clinical Labs disclosed on Thursday that hackers had stolen medical data of thousands of patients. One of Australia's largest pathology providers, ACL is the second firm to disclose such a breach in two weeks. The announcement comes a day after Medibank revealed that the data of 4 million customers had been breached.
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Hackers Threaten to Leak Stolen Health Data of 1,000 Australian Celebrities Weeks After Optus Hack
Hackers have threatened to leak stolen health data of 1,000 famous Australians, after a data breach at Medibank, one of the largest private health insurers in the country. They have claimed to have stolen 200GB of data, providing a sample of records for 100 policies, the insurer said. The hackers have threatened that they will leak or sell the data...
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In Data Breach Affecting Millions, Australia Company To Bear Cost Of Impact
Australian telecoms giant Optus must pay the cost of replacing the passports and drivers licences of millions of customers whose personal information was stolen in one of the
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Nearly 10 Million Australians Hit By Massive Telecom Cyberattack
Sensitive information about almost 10 million Australian telecoms subscribers may have been compromised by a massive hack of the country's second-largest provider, the firm revealed Friday.
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EU, US, Australia Police Crack Down FluBot Mobile Scam Responsible for Hacking Several Android Phones
International police from 11 countries came together to take down FluBot mobile scam. The malware infected Android phones using texts which pretend to be from a parcel firm or which say a person has a voicemail waiting.
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US, Allies Say Russia Could Launch Cyberattacks Against Rivals Supporting Ukraine
Members of the Five Eyes intelligence sharing network, US, Britain, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, said Russia was poised to launch powerful cyberattacks against rivals supporting Ukraine.
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WeChat Denies Australia PM's Account Hacked Amid Chinese Interference Allegations
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison's WeChat account has disappeared, prompting accusations of Chinese "interference" from senior members of his government Monday.
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After Australia's Calls For Covid Probe, A Hack Attack Traced To China
A few days after Prime Minister Scott Morrison called for an independent international probe into the origins of the coronavirus, Chinese bots swarmed on to Australian government networks. It was April 2020.
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Couple Shares Clever Hack To Live In Some Of The World's Most Expensive Cities For Free
By finding a unique opportunity, a couple lived in wonderful homes across Australia without paying a single dollar for rent.
-
Ways To Keep Yourself Safe From Cyberfraud
Think about how many things you have done online today. Paid a bill? Logged into your bank account? Used social media or spent time answering emails? Maybe you have used your phone to pay at a supermarket or train station.
-
Australia Accuses China-Backed Hacker Group Of Stealing User Data
Cybersecurity firms backed by the Chinese authorities have been accused of stealing passwords and usernames from unnamed Australian networks in 2022, the Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) reported on Tuesday.
-
Elon Musk Deepfake Videos Targeting Crypto Investors Displayed on Channel Seven Following YouTube Hack
Elon Musk’s popularity in the crypto circle is becoming a dangerous threat for crypto investors, especially for ones who take the billionaire’s market commentary rather seriously. In a fresh incident, Musk’s identity was misused to promote a fake crypto scheme on the YouTube channel of Australia’s Channel Seven .
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Woman In Australia Wears 5.5 kg Of Clothes To Avoid Airline's Baggage Fee, Gets Fined
After realising her carry-on luggage exceeded the maximum weight limit of seven kilos, she put on all of her extra clothes to avoid paying the fee
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Medibank Data Breach: Hackers Upload More Customer Data, Say 'Case Closed' on World Cybersecurity Day
Medibank data involving several customers was released by hackers on Thursday. The hackers claimed that they had added a "full folder" of the data, and said "case closed". The insurer, which has refused to pay a ransom to the hackers, said on Thursday that there were currently no signs that banking data had been stolen.
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Medibank Data Breach: Hackers Demand $10 Million for Stolen Australian Health Records
Hackers have demanded $10 million (roughly Rs. 82 crore) for health records stolen from major Australian healthcare firm Medibank. The hackers who breached Medibank uploaded more personal details of customers on a dark web forum on Thursday, and the health insurer has confirmed that access to 9.7 million current and former clients was accessed duri...
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Australia Pathology Service Provider Hacked, Data of Thousands of Patients Stolen as Hacking Epidemic Widens
Australian Clinical Labs disclosed on Thursday that hackers had stolen medical data of thousands of patients. One of Australia's largest pathology providers, ACL is the second firm to disclose such a breach in two weeks. The announcement comes a day after Medibank revealed that the data of 4 million customers had been breached.
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Hackers Threaten to Leak Stolen Health Data of 1,000 Australian Celebrities Weeks After Optus Hack
Hackers have threatened to leak stolen health data of 1,000 famous Australians, after a data breach at Medibank, one of the largest private health insurers in the country. They have claimed to have stolen 200GB of data, providing a sample of records for 100 policies, the insurer said. The hackers have threatened that they will leak or sell the data...
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In Data Breach Affecting Millions, Australia Company To Bear Cost Of Impact
Australian telecoms giant Optus must pay the cost of replacing the passports and drivers licences of millions of customers whose personal information was stolen in one of the
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Nearly 10 Million Australians Hit By Massive Telecom Cyberattack
Sensitive information about almost 10 million Australian telecoms subscribers may have been compromised by a massive hack of the country's second-largest provider, the firm revealed Friday.
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EU, US, Australia Police Crack Down FluBot Mobile Scam Responsible for Hacking Several Android Phones
International police from 11 countries came together to take down FluBot mobile scam. The malware infected Android phones using texts which pretend to be from a parcel firm or which say a person has a voicemail waiting.
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US, Allies Say Russia Could Launch Cyberattacks Against Rivals Supporting Ukraine
Members of the Five Eyes intelligence sharing network, US, Britain, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, said Russia was poised to launch powerful cyberattacks against rivals supporting Ukraine.
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WeChat Denies Australia PM's Account Hacked Amid Chinese Interference Allegations
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison's WeChat account has disappeared, prompting accusations of Chinese "interference" from senior members of his government Monday.
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After Australia's Calls For Covid Probe, A Hack Attack Traced To China
A few days after Prime Minister Scott Morrison called for an independent international probe into the origins of the coronavirus, Chinese bots swarmed on to Australian government networks. It was April 2020.
