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HWL Ebsworth may have fallen victim to cyberattack
Business of Law 2023-05-01 2:53 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Hacking group ALPHV claims it has stolen a large amount of data from law firm HWL Ebsworth, including employee and client information.

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Deloitte report into Medibank cyberattack to be kept secret
Healthcare 2023-04-28 11:52 pm By Christine Caulfield

Private health insurer Medibank has not released a Deloitte report into last year’s cyberattack that exposed the private information of 10 million customers.

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Optus hit with class action over data breach
Class Actions 2023-04-21 1:00 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Optus has been hit with a class action on behalf of current and former customers whose personal information was exposed in a massive data breach last September that affected up to 10 million people. 

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IPH says hacker downloaded data on Spruson & Ferguson clients
Griffith Hack 2023-04-17 11:36 pm By Christine Caulfield

Intellectual property group IPH has revealed that a limited set of data originating from Spruson & Ferguson’s systems, including client information, was downloaded by an unauthorised third party in last month’s cyber attack.

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Latitude won’t pay ransom for stolen customer data
Financial Services 2023-04-11 2:17 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Latitude Financial will not pay a ransom demanded by criminals after 14 million customer records were stolen in a “malicious” cyberattack.

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Class action targets Medibank’s failure to use multi factor authentication
Class Actions 2023-03-30 1:05 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A shareholder class action against Medibank has claimed it did not disclose “serious deficiencies” in its cybersecurity measures, including failing to implement security measures such as multi factor authentication, causing investors to buy shares at inflated prices. 

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Medibank hit with shareholder class action over cyberattack
Baker McKenzie 2023-03-29 11:54 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Australia’s largest private health insurer Medibank has been hit with a shareholder class action in the wake of a massive cyberattack that left the data of 10 million customers exposed.

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Meriton guest, staff data exposed in latest cyberattack
Privacy & Cybersecurity 2023-03-29 11:25 pm By Christine Caulfield

Property and hotel giant Meriton is the latest company to fall victim to a cybersecurity breach, which exposed information held by the company on almost 2,000 guests and staff.

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In novel case, Rex Patrick sues AG for access to ‘sports rorts’ notes
Human Rights 2023-03-29 1:42 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Former senator Rex Patrick has brought novel proceedings against the Attorney-General seeking access to letters concerning the 2020 “sports rorts” scandal and challenging the government’s policy of denying access to documents after a minister has changed jobs.

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Latitude faces class action investigation over data breach
Class Actions 2023-03-28 3:14 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Two class action law firms have teamed up to investigate possible legal action against Latitude Financial over a cyberattack that resulted in the theft of 14 million customer records.

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