APAC
Discover expert analysis on the APAC region with news, features and insights from the team at IT Pro.
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Cyber attack on Australia’s TPG Telecom affects 15,000 customers
News It is the third cyber attack on a major Australian telco since October
By Zach Marzouk Published
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Telstra blames IT blunder for leak of 130,000 customer records
News Australia’s biggest telco said that the error was due to a mismanagement of databases and not a cyber attack
By Zach Marzouk Published
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Embattled Medibank faces 48-hour outage as cyber security upgrade begins
News The Australian company has called in Microsoft experts as it deals with the fallout of a data breach that led to 9.7 million exposed customer records
By Zach Marzouk Published
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Australia aims to be most cyber-secure country by 2030
News The country is assembling an offensive cyber team which will hunt down people seeking to hack Australia’s systems
By Zach Marzouk Published
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Google unearths Internet Explorer zero day exploited by North Korean hackers
News The exploit was found after analysing malware embedded in documents targeting users in South Korea
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UK and Japan strike digital partnership to collaborate on IoT security, semiconductors
News The two countries are also set to align their approaches to digital regulation to make it easier for companies to operate in each nation
By Zach Marzouk Published
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Why Japan finds it so hard to digitally transform
In-depth The nation’s leaders are battling to change a static workplace culture that's still in love with fax machines and floppy disks
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MSG giant Ajinomoto's chipmaking foray helps break financial records
News In addition to umami seasoning, the company produces a microfilm insulation used by the semiconductor industry which was repurposed from its amino acid technology
By Zach Marzouk Published
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India to trial digital rupee from December 2022
News The real-time performance of the CBDC could see India becoming one of the very countries in the world to adopt a nationwide digital currency
By Zach Marzouk Published
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Japan considers creating new cyber defence agency as attacks ramp up in region
News The country may be looking to ramp up its defences as Asia was the most-attacked global region in 2021, according to one report
By Zach Marzouk Published
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UK follows EU in securing data deal with South Korea
News The deal will foster cross-border collaboration between businesses by reducing administrative and financial frictions
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Inside Singapore’s mission to infuse itself with technology
In-depth With government agencies building cutting-edge technologies in isolation, could this risk pulling Singapore's digital progress in completely different directions?
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