Cyber security news headlines

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

The hacks against Australian private and public networks date back years, officials say.

Known by the online profile of 'Beasty Boy', he is accused of producing bestiality content and possessing child abuse material.

A cyber security expert said victims are being blackmailed with their data, internet browsing history or explicit images and videos.

The 17-year-old is accused of being behind a ranking system which categorised female students.

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

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

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

Some people have lost more than $20,000 by falling victim to the fake messages, new research says.

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

Verifying your identity is something we all have to do fairly regularly, but it soon could look very different under a new, voluntary national digital ID.

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 company advertises itself as one of the largest non-banking lenders in the country.

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.

Alarm bells rang when she heard her friend's 78-year-old mother was dating an international traveller. Now she's identified the red flag everyone should be looking for.

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.

When Sydney resident Tash received a strange package of clothes in the mail she was left feeling uneasy.

Australian detectives have traced the alleged culprits of a sextortion scam which led to a young boy taking his own life last year to a slum in Nigeria.

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

Nearly all victims of card fraud notified authorities upon becoming aware.

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

Six companies have been issued legal notices giving them 49 days to explain how they're taking down violent content from their platforms.

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

Lockbit and its affiliates have hacked some of the world's largest organisations in recent months

Ticketek is bracing for ticket chaos at the MCG and Accor Stadium as nasty plots hatched by scammers months in advance are fully realised.

Officials say the controversial app, owned by a Chinese tech company, remains banned on government devices.

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.

JPMorgan Chase revealed it has fought more than double the number of daily hacking attempts as last year.

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

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

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.

It seemed like a lucrative job that many others were doing - until money stopped flowing into Josh's account.

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

The incident is likely to disrupt the movement of goods for days.

The 66-year-old was grieving the death of his wife and 'soulmate' when sophisticated scammers convinced him to invest.

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.

Accounts were proving easy targets for cyber criminals who were tricking people to release their passwords and security ID, the government said.

The personal details of more than 190 patients being treated at a Melbourne Hospital may have been accessed during a data leak.

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.