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Uber says compromised third-party to blame for data breach
By Ross Kelly published
News Vulnerable third-party vendor Teqtivity sparks second major incident for Uber in the space of three months

Telstra blames IT blunder for leak of 130,000 customer records
By Zach Marzouk published
News Australia’s biggest telco said that the error was due to a mismanagement of databases and not a cyber attack

How to react to a data breach
By Davey Winder last updated
In-depth Every business should have a data breach response plan, but when building one it can be difficult to know where to start

Dropbox confirms hackers stole 130 code repositories in GitHub phishing campaign
By Zach Marzouk published
News The attackers carried out a phishing attack and gained employee login credentials to CircleCI, which they then used to access GitHub

Australia's Department of Defence becomes latest victim of regional ransomware attacks
By Rory Bathgate published
News Military information was not stolen in the breach, which may affect the records of 40,000 defence personnel

See Tickets admits it took nine months to remove malicious code from site
By Rory Bathgate published
News Any customer who gave their details to the company for nearly three years could be at risk

FTC orders Uber-owned Drizly to improve "lax" data protection approach following 2020 breach
By Rory Bathgate published
News The Uber subsidiary has been hit with an FTC complaint, as the agency looks to send a message to the wider industry

Australia to increase maximum data breach penalty to $50 million
By Zach Marzouk published
News The country's government is looking to raise the maximum fine from $2 million AUD and introduce new legislation to handle cyber attacks better
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