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Data and computer security

June 2024

  • A WA man has been arrested

    WA man set up fake free wifi at Australian airports and on flights to steal people’s data, police allege

    Investigation launched after airline reported a suspicious network popped up during a domestic flight in April
  • Ambulance outside St Thomas' hospital

    Hacked London NHS hospitals data allegedly published online

    Cyber-attack earlier this month led to cancellation of almost 1,600 operations and outpatient appointments
    • US bans sales of Kaspersky antivirus software over Russia ties

    • Who are Qilin, the cybercriminals thought behind the London hospitals hack?

    • Ticketmaster hit by data hack that may affect 560m customers

May 2024

  • Ticket signage

    Ticketek customer details exposed in cybersecurity breach

    Clare O’Neil says incident affecting many Australians but appears restricted to the release of names, dates of birth and email addresses
  • Ticketmaster logo displayed on a laptop screen

    Ticketmaster yet to confirm if data breach has occurred or if customers in Australia impacted

    The notorious ShinyHunters collective is claiming hack of personal details of 560 million global customers
    • AFL players call for data protection overhaul as concerns include drug test results

    • MoD contractor hacked by China failed to report breach for months

    • UK armed forces’ personal data hacked in MoD breach

April 2024

  • Password box on a screen

    No more 12345: devices with weak passwords to be banned in UK

  • Man reading electronic mail with laptop

    Change the law on computer evidence with an amendment to data protection bill

  • A man in a black suit looking down

    Met police failed to act on Commons ‘honeytrap’ sexting reports last year

  • William Wragg

    William Wragg resigns from two Commons roles after divulging MPs’ phone numbers

  • No 10 tells MPs to be cautious about unsolicited messages after attempted ‘honeytrap’

  • Tory MP Luke Evans reveals he was targeted in Westminster sexting scandal

  • An MP who gives colleagues’ numbers to blackmailers. Isn’t William Wragg just right for this Westminster?

    Marina Hyde
  • Senior Tory ‘mortified’ after reportedly passing MPs’ data to dating app contact

  • Police launch inquiry after MPs targeted in apparent ‘spear-phishing’ attack

  • The Pegasus project
    Poland launches inquiry into previous government’s spyware use

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