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

The number is "shocking", according to researchers, but the real figure could be higher.

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

The number of sexual assaults reported to police has risen for the 12th straight year, pushing the rate of victim-survivors up to a level never recorded in Australia before.

The new data comes with many Australian households desperate for an interest rate cut.

A new analysis of dwelling price data has painted a dire picture of the impact of rate rises on Australians' ability to pay a mortgage.

One single cause played a role in almost 40,000 deaths in Australia in 2022.

Australia's hopes of hitting its housing targets to address skyrocketing rents and property prices appear to be fading before they've even begun.

The average age for when workers intend to retire has remained between the ages of 65 and 66.

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

The 46-year-old was arrested in south-west Sydney yesterday afternoon, after a data breach exposed the identity of more than a million people.

New data from the ABS has painted a bleak picture about how our diets are changing.

Australia's biggest bank has named the date they believe the RBA will announce Australia's first rate cut in four years.

Nearly every major browser now has a private browsing mode. Here's a look at what they do and don't do for surfers.

Google is accused of tracking user's internet activity, even when they have 'incognito' mode activated.

Wotif has calculated Australia's top ten towns based on search trends, affordability, accommodation quality and reviews.

More than 1700 people were injured in serious assaults in Adelaide in the two-month period.

Australians are changing their purchasing habits in the lead-up to Christmas, and it's not always good news for businesses.

There's more pain for renters in almost every part of the country, with some paying more than $1000 a week.

The best places to buy a lottery ticket last year have been revealed.

There was an average of 50,000 offences each month of 2023.

The population could almost double by the early 2070s and will age significantly over that time, according to new projections from the Australian Bureau of Statistics.

Australians rely on underwater cables to connect us to the internet, but most people have never seen the span of the network or how it works, until now.

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

2022 was a bumper year for people moving to Australia's shores, new data has revealed.

Designed to work in tune with the company's $5 a day roaming option, Vodafone's new in-flight roaming allows you to turn your phone off flight or airplane mode when you reach cruising altitude.

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

The popular Australian shop told customers they wanted to get "on the front foot".

Hundreds of thousands of Australians plan to retire in the next five years, but there's a shift under way.

Wages growth in Australia has slowed, fuelling hopes that the Reserve Bank will once again keep interest rates on hold in September.

Households across the country saw living costs increase in the June quarter by amounts either higher or equal to the consumer price index.

Bleak new data has revealed that nine in 10 rental markets across the country saw an increase in rent in the last year.

With the escalating price of virtually everything causing pain at the hip pocket, the announcement comes as no surprise to most.

Australians have access to one of the most powerful passports in the world, according to the latest instalment of one of the most authoritative ranking systems.

Previously, links had been drawn between creative hobbies like crafting and painting to a reduced risk - about 7 per cent - but according to the research, other, more challenging activities could be even more effective.

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

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare data shows 315,705 babies were born while many were going in and out of lockdown in 2021, which is an increase of 20,000 babies (6.7 per cent) from 2020.

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 new interactive map has launched online unveiling Australia's major hotspots for shark attacks, with two states in particular emerging as danger zones.

The European Union slapped Meta with a record $1.95 billion privacy fine and ordered it to stop transferring users' personal information across the Atlantic by October.

The vacancy rate in Sydney's rental market has slightly increased, although still sit at low levels.

Less than one per cent of available rental properties across the country are affordable for a person working on a minimum wage, a "shocking" new report has revealed.

A widespread data outage is causing technical issues across South Australia's government services.

The 21-year-old air national guardsman is expected to be charged, US authorities said.

A leaked Pentagon file shows the lengths the Russian private military group has gone to try to strengthen its capabilities in the Ukraine war.

Beijing has slammed Canberra's plan to remove the controversial app from government phones and devices.

Drivers licence details, vehicle registration, mobile numbers and names of children may have been made public, with the agency since apologising.

Latitude Financial Services has been slammed for holding on to historic data and a "she'll be right" attitude after the company was hit by a major data breach.

Millions of Australians have had their data compromised in recent major cyber attacks and while the crime may be committed virtually, it can have very real consequences for victims.

One expert has warned there will be more hacks as it's revealed the Latitude cyberattack may have affected almost eight million Australians.