cyber attack

The personal data of thousands of people has been stolen after the Victorian Environmental Protection Authority's (EPA) external contact centre was hacked.

Administrators and liquidators have been appointed for MediSecure and Operations MDS.

"Cybercriminals are becoming smart. They are becoming more and more sophisticated."

Guardian Childcare alerted all patrons who have visited a centre its IT systems had been targeted and identification documents were stolen.

The man allegedly hijacked 19 million Windows computers in 200 hundred countries to commit "a staggering array of crimes".

A notorious hacker has claimed to have stolen the personal data of more than half a billion Ticketmaster customers, likely including Australians.

The investigation into the incident is still in its early stages, National Cyber Security Coordinator Lieutenant-General Michelle McGuinness, said in an update this morning.

Australians' personal health information may be at risk as federal police investigate the serious cyber incident.

The Federal Government said today Dmitry Khoroshev held a "senior leadership role" in the ransomware group.

The illicit platform taken down in a worldwide policing operation was a 'one stop shop' to help criminals trick their victims.

The emails included login information such as user names and passwords, US authorities said.

Australian researchers have helped map out the world of cyberattacks and hacking.

The motives for recent attacks on Medibank and Optus go far beyond theft of data and the potential for financial extortion.

England's first convicted cyberflasher has been sentenced to five and a half years in prison.

Riaan Bronkhorst leads a team of cyber hackers who are specially trained to steal sensitive information from businesses.

The financial watchdog wiped out thousands of websites in just six months, and are in the process of taking down another 350 sites.

Ransom payouts are soaring worldwide, despite a crackdown by government agencies.

The health insurer said today it has finished an external investigation into last year's cyberattack.

A Russian citizen with links to a notorious syndicate has been exposed for his role in the Medibank hack. This is what we know about him.

Exclusive: He was good. Very good, in fact. But the Medibank hacker had a weakness: his ego.

New international powers have been used for the first time after the private health details of 9.7 million Australians were exposed.

Victoria's courts have suffered a cyber hack, it has confirmed, with bosses admitting it could be "unsettling" and "distressing" for those affected.

Residents in some of Sydney's richest neighbourhoods may have had their personal information and some credit card details stolen in a pre-Christmas hack

Both Yakult's Australian and New Zealand IT systems were subject to a "cyber incident" in mid-December.

The health service said they had took "immediate steps" to contain the breach.

America is facing the highest risk of a terrorist attack in years following the Hamas attack that killed more than 1200 Israelis, the FBI warned.

It is not clear if personal medical information has been compromised in the hack. 

Australia's peak shipping body has urged the federal government to order the end of industrial action at beleaguered port operator DP World.

A stolen trove of passwords released on the dark web reveals a dangerous trend in how Aussies choose their passwords.

A report from Australia's cyber warfare agency has painted an alarming picture.

As Optus tries to recover from hacking scandal, today it was smashed back on the ropes by the biggest teleco outage Australia has ever seen.

The company is looking into allegations that its data is for sale after it refused to pay a ransom.

Fast food giant Pizza Hut Australia has claimed it has been hit by a cyber security incident, where "an unauthorised third party accessed some of the company's data".

The initial target of a major cyber breach was national law firm HWL Ebsworth in April where data leaked about government departments and agencies was published to the dark web.

The global survey underscores the rising problem of data breaches and cyber-crime.

The Chief Information Security Officer said the government is taking this breach 'extremely seriously'.

Latitude's woes could become even costlier after being hit with a $1 million lawsuit by a former mayoral candidate who says the firm's negligence meant his personal details were shared on the dark web.

A long-serving Air Force chief will take on a new role protecting Australia from cybersecurity threats as the country seeks to step up its response to the growing threat in that area.

The government has promised to launch offensive attacks on online scammers who are busy fleecing innocent Australians for billions every year.

A New South Wales woman who helped a friend after they were locked out of their Facebook account ended up falling for a scam that railroaded her small business page.

A joint Australia-New Zealand investigation has been launched after the theft of personal information from consumer finance giant Latitude Group earlier this year.

Authorities are investigating the breach at the Crown Princess Mary Cancer Centre in western Sydney.

A spokesperson confirmed to 9news.com.au that the company won't be making the findings of the review, or the review itself, public, sighting security concerns.

The array of deeply intimate financial information today confirmed as stolen has left hundreds of thousands of Australians vulnerable to blackmail, extortion and theft.

One of Australia's most important companies has claimed that banning cyber ransoms could end up costing lives.

More than 100,000 participants are involved in the lawsuit.

Shoppers who applied for a credit card from Coles in 2018 or earlier have been caught up in the hack on Latitude.

Public USB stations like the kind found at shopping centres and airports are being used by bad actors to spread malware and monitoring software.

The non-bank leader insisted it would not meet any of the demands.

When the moment came, the spies and sleuths had only minutes to help seize the money before it could be laundered to safety.