This Month
- Exclusive
- Secrecy
PM backflips on diary but booze bill remains a mystery
Anthony Albanese has reversed a decision to keep his official diary secret, but his department is dragging its feet on his taxpayer-funded alcohol bill.
- Ronald Mizen
Belgium monitors Alibaba hub over ‘espionage’ concerns
European governments have been increasing scrutiny of the alleged security and economic risks posed by Chinese companies.
- Laura Dubois and Qianer Liu
September
Your Ferrari could be gone in 60 seconds
Gangs are taking advantage of weaknesses in vehicle security and insurers are increasingly wary of modern prestige marques. Here’s what you can do.
- Chris Bryant
Hackers steal 10 years of patient forms from TPG Asia-backed TissuPath
The global private equity giant’s local histopathology business has had a decade’s worth of patient requests released on the dark web.
- Carrie LaFrenz and Max Mason
August
Optus asks court to stop release of Deloitte cyberattack report
Thousands of Optus customers may not learn how their details were hacked after the telco pleaded “legal professional privilege” to stop a report being released.
- Jenny Wiggins
TPG Telecom customers plan to switch after losing email accounts
Some long-time users say they will move to other broadband providers after being told their email accounts would be going across to The Messaging Company.
- Jenny Wiggins
July
Tech firm once valued at $50m shuts down
The provider of password-less cybersecurity systems was founded by ex-Nuix chairman Tony Castagna and had backing from Macquarie.
- Jessica Sier
June
The hunt for a Huawei spy in the city of spires
When Huawei undercut rival Ericsson’s bid to build Denmark’s 5G phone network, investigators uncovered a web of influence – and became targets themselves.
- Jordan Robertson and Drake Bennett
Tens of thousands caught in Perpetual outage, security incident
Perpetual clients who spoke with Street Talk said they’d been unable to access the myPerpetual platform to withdraw funds for weeks.
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
ADT buyout creates Australia’s biggest home security group
ASX minnow Intelligent Monitoring Group has jumped to No.1 in the 24-hour security monitoring of households and businesses in a $45 million deal.
- Simon Evans
May
Phoneless in a foreign land – what I wished I’d done before departure
What would you do to reclaim and protect essential data if your device was suddenly stolen? If the answer is “no idea”, read on.
- Jill Margo
March
FOI commissioner quits, citing lack of power and delays
Leo Hardiman was appointed to overhaul the system but says he has not been given enough power to do so.
- Luke Costin
January
The secret Sydney vault that proves cash still runs the world
Travelex provided AFR Weekend with access to its cash vault amid intense security, providing rare insight into operations abandoned by major banks.
- James Eyers
What’s in the code inside your Telegram, Signal, Whatsapp
Australian cybersecurity and intelligence firm Internet 2.0 has run code analysis of popular messaging apps, with surprising results.
- Max Mason
September 2022
European-style rules could have prevented Optus breach
Australia’s lacklustre privacy framework means there are few iron-clad requirements for companies storing sensitive data of any kind, experts say.
- Jessica Sier
June 2022
- Exclusive
- Cybersecurity
Concerns over China’s access to WeChat user data: report
A new technical analysis of WeChat by an Australian security firm raises questions about access to Australian user data under Hong Kong security laws.
- Max Mason
May 2022
Cyber insurance’s ‘dirty little secret’: It’s useless
A leading expert warns that cyber insurance is useless and that insurers now ask such invasive questions that they have become dangerous honeypots for cyber gangs.
- John Davidson
Cyber shortages drive higher pay and new demand for education
Organisations need to upskill cybersecurity professionals to develop their management and soft skills, as well as their technical skills.
- Nicki Bourlioufas
- Opinion
- Cybersecurity
Government’s cyber policy is overhyped and underfunded
The government talked a big game with cybersecurity commitments in the Budget, but in reality it falls scarily short and highlights a failure in a crucial policy.
- Adam Barty
