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Australia covers cybersecurity and information-security developments connected to Australia, including incidents, policy, privacy, advisories, research, and news affecting organizations, public services, and digital systems in the area.

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Latitude blames a 'major vendor' for its woes. Is that a vendor? A cloud? Whoever they are, they're in trouble Latitude Financial has blamed a supplier for leaking creds that caused vast PII leak Australian outfit Latitude Financial has taken itself offline, and even stopped serving customers, while it tries to clean up an attack on its systems.…

The Register 21 Mar 2023, 4:58 p.m. Australia Cloud Finance Incident Leak Outage PII Vendor

Australian airline Qantas warns pilots to keep calm and carry on amid reports of satnav and altimeter jamming Australian airline Qantas issued standing orders to its pilots last week advising them that some of its fleet experienced interference on VHF stations from sources purporting to be the Chinese Military.…

The Register 20 Mar 2023, 8:29 p.m. Australia China Critical Infrastructure Military Warning

ALSO: Japan ends chip supply crimp on South Korea, APAC infosec spending surges; Philippines SIM registration stalls Asia In Brief ByteDance, the Chinese developer of TikTok, "can no longer be accurately described as a private enterprise" and is instead intertwined with China's government, according to a report [PDF] submitted to Australia's Select Committee on Foreign Interference through Social Media.…

The Register 20 Mar 2023, 12:30 p.m. Australia China Government Japan Philippines Report Social Media South Korea