Latest cybersecurity reporting from selected sources.

It’s possible to leak PII describing 5.7 million people without breaching privacy rules

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Australian telco Optus allegedly left redundant website with poor access controls online for years The data breach at Australian telco Optus, which saw over nine million customers' personal information exposed, has been blamed on a coding error that broke API access controls, and was left in place for years.…

Throw another healthcare biz on the barby, mate Australian prescriptions provider MediSecure is the latest healthcare org to fall victim to a ransomware attack, with crooks apparently stealing patients' personal and health data.…

From legal proceedings to potential YouTube fodder The court system of Victoria, Australia, was subject to a suspected ransomware attack in which audiovisual recordings of court hearings may have been accessed.…

Pizza Hut Australia warns 190,000 customers' data – including order history – has been accessed Pizza Hut's Australian outpost has suffered a data breach.…

If safety regulations are written in blood, what are security policies written in? Sweat and cursing? Australian health insurance company Medibank will take all of its IT systems offline and close its branches over the weekend as part of its ongoing efforts to improve security and recover from a massive data security breach in October.…

Plus Australia launches an investigation into insurer's data privacy practices Australian health insurer Medibank's prognosis following an October data breach keeps getting worse as criminals dumped another batch of stolen customer data on the dark web. …

Crims accessed 10 million customer records and are releasing intimate medical details The Australian Federal Police (AFP) has pointed to Russia as the location of the attackers who breached local health insurer Medibank, accessed almost ten million customer records, and in recent days dumped some customer data onto the dark web.…

Australia's Medibank uses a government-approved Band-Aid to cover a gaping 10-milion-record wound Australian health insurer Medibank – which spent October discovering a security incident was worse than it first thought – has announced it will not pay a ransom to attackers that made off with personal info describing nearly ten million customers.…

All four million customers at risk of having records of medical treatments exposed Australian health insurer Medibank's data breach was today revealed to be even worse than first thought, with a regulatory filing stating that info describing all four million customers has been accessed.…

Data retention requirements to be considered alongside infosec failings Australian carrier Optus's recent data breach will be investigated by two regulators, the double trouble likely an indicator of the nation's displeasure at the incident – which saw almost ten million locals' personal data exposed online.…

Apparent perp claims to have deleted swiped info as carrier Optus struggles to get its story straight +Comment Australian authorities have asked the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to assist with investigations into the data breach at local telco Optus.…

Subscribers have questions – like 'When were you going to tell us?' Australian telecommunications company Optus has fallen victim to a significant cyberattack and data breach.…

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