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The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner will proceed with an investigation of a class action-style complaint brought by Maurice Blackburn over Medibank's data breach.
US facial recognition company Clearview breached Australian privacy laws by trawling the web for photos of Australians for use by law enforcement agencies, the Administrative Appeals Tribunal has found.
Australian and New Zealand authorities have launched a joint investigation into the personal data handling practices of the Latitude group of companies, in the wake of a cyberattack that resulted in the theft of 14 million customer records.
One of the country's largest software companies has entered a trading halt after detecting unauthorised third-party access to its internal IT system.
Enforcement of Australia's privacy laws, including funding for the privacy commissioner to litigate companies for major privacy and data breaches, received a $45.2 million investment in Tuesday's federal budget.
With legal practices shaping up as a ripe target for cyberattacks, experts say many firms have a long way to go in implementing best practice cybersecurity to avoid potentially “catastrophic” outcomes.
Private health insurer Medibank has been served with a second class action over a data breach exposing the personal details of 10 million customers.
Private health insurer Medibank has hit back at a class action over a data breach that affected close to 10 million customers, describing the claims as “hopeless.”
Hacking group ALPHV claims it has stolen a large amount of data from law firm HWL Ebsworth, including employee and client information.
Private health insurer Medibank has not released a Deloitte report into last year's cyberattack that exposed the private information of 10 million customers.