‘Stuff up’: Sydney toll ‘glitch’ overcharges thousands of drivers
A mystery IT bug has ripped off almost 80,000 Sydney commutators with incorrect road toll charges over the weekend in what has been labelled a “massive stuff up”. This is …
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NSW Premier not told of leak of secret addresses from QR code dataset
NSW Customer Service Minister Victor Dominello never alerted the Premier of the accidental leak of hundreds of secret addresses contained in a QR check-in database. It was revealed last month …
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Long delay before Cybersecurity NSW notified of Accellion hack
NSW agencies may have delayed reporting a massive cyber attack to authorities for nearly a month, officials revealed on Monday. The breach of a software known as Accellion in December …
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Deadline on when it will get easier to switch banks or apply for mortgage in Australia under new scheme
Australia’s financial services minister has promised customers will start to see “tangible benefits” from a new data sharing scheme – which aims to make it easier to apply for a …
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Dating app users stern warning to expect to be messaging criminals
The online dating world is swimming with catfish as more and more profiles do without verification checks and upload fake pictures. Former Queensland Police detective and cyber crime expert Brian …
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Australians hustled out of more than $55m from dating and romance scams
Australians are being warned to watch out for dating and romance scams on the day of love as new data reveals an eye-watering amount of money was reported lost last …
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Modern honey trap: Why your next Tinder date could be a spy
Australia’s top spy agency has revealed foreign agents are using dating apps in an attempt to compromise Australians with access to sensitive information. ASIO Director-General of Security Mike Burgess said …
Read MoreConsumer advocates claim Aussies are ‘unacceptably’ subject to 116 privacy policies at any one time
Australian consumers are subject to 116 privacy policies at any one time – a load that would txjmtzywake more than 30 hours to read through – with the chance of …
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