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Medibank, Australia's top health insurer, confirms a ransomware group has begun posting some stolen data of its 9.7M customers on a REvil-linked dark web forum (Sydney Morning Herald)

November 9, 2022

[ad_1] Sydney Morning Herald: Medibank, Australia’s top health insurer, confirms a ransomware group has begun posting some stolen data of…

Australia's biggest health insurer Medibank says an October 2022 hack compromised personal and "significant amounts" of health claims data of its ~4M customers (Reuters)

October 26, 2022

[ad_1] Reuters: Australia’s biggest health insurer Medibank says an October 2022 hack compromised personal and “significant amounts” of health claims…

Australia's AG unveils plans for tougher online privacy laws after several major data breaches, including increasing fines from AU$2.22M to AU$50M or more (Daryna Antoniuk/The Record)

October 25, 2022

[ad_1] Daryna Antoniuk / The Record: Australia’s AG unveils plans for tougher online privacy laws after several major data breaches,…

Australia's high court says Google is not a publisher, reversing a lower court decision that said Google was liable for a defamatory article in search results (Australian Associated Press)

August 17, 2022

[ad_1] Australian Associated Press: Australia’s high court says Google is not a publisher, reversing a lower court decision that said…

Former chair of the commission that began Australia's news bargaining code: AU$200M+ from Google and Meta is being injected into Australian journalism annually (Anya Schiffrin/Poynter)

August 16, 2022

[ad_1] Anya Schiffrin / Poynter: Former chair of the commission that began Australia’s news bargaining code: AU$200M+ from Google and…

Google has agreed to pay $60M to settle a court case with Australia's ACCC over misleading some Android users about collection of personal location data (The Guardian)

August 12, 2022

[ad_1] The Guardian: Google has agreed to pay $60M to settle a court case with Australia’s ACCC over misleading some…

A researcher says Australia's New South Wales digital driver's license is easy to forge due to deficient encryption, data validation flaws, and other issues (Dan Goodin/Ars Technica)

May 25, 2022

[ad_1] Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: A researcher says Australia’s New South Wales digital driver’s license is easy to forge…

Australia's competition watchdog sues Uber and seeks a A$26M fine after Uber admitted to misleading consumers about ride fare estimates and cancellation fees (Sameer Manekar/Reuters)

April 26, 2022

[ad_1] Sameer Manekar / Reuters: Australia’s competition watchdog sues Uber and seeks a A$26M fine after Uber admitted to misleading…