21+ hour, 20+ min ago   (481+ words) Hackers have stolen the names and email addresses of an unknown number of Victorian government school students in a major cybersecurity breach. The Department of Education confirmed on Wednesday evening that an external third party had accessed the sensitive data....

2+ mon, 4+ day ago   (388+ words) The nation's spy boss has sounded the alarm on the threat of sophisticated Chinese government hackers launching attacks on Australian critical infrastructure assets such as airports and energy networks. ASIO Director-General Mike Burgess said that authoritarian regimes such as Russia…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (756+ words) Childcare centres are magnets for paedophiles, taking advantage of staff shortages, high turnover rates and lax regulation to access and abuse children, with a NSW upper house inquiry into the early childhood education sector warning more full-time quality staff are…...

3+ mon, 6+ day ago   (554+ words) Western Sydney University students have cast doubt on the institution's statements about a series of cyberattacks, after fraudulent emails containing private personal information were sent to those who were not enrolled when the last reported attack occurred. The university says…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago   (968+ words) A Melbourne Catholic college has warned parents to keep their children off the dark web after students unearthed and circulated screenshots of private information stolen by hackers from the school. Loyola College, in Watsonia in the city's north-east, was hacked…...

4+ mon, 4+ week ago   (874+ words) Technology-facilitated abuse crimes have surged and perpetrators are getting creative with technology and even confronting victims from within prison. Police say they've seen examples of doorbell cameras being used to survey victims, toys gifted to children containing covert cameras, and…...

5+ mon, 1+ day ago   (339+ words) Data belonging to families and graduates of one of Melbourne's most prestigious boys' schools has been exposed after Scotch College's IT system was hacked. Principal Dr Scott Marsh wrote to inform members of the school community and Old Scotch Collegians…...

6+ mon, 1+ hour ago   (290+ words) Washington: Hackers broke into the X account of Sesame Street character Elmo and posted antisemitic and racist messages, the makers of the children's TV show said. The posts first appeared on Sunday and have been deleted. They called for violence…...

6+ mon, 1+ week ago   (742+ words) Queensland Police have been handed a covert recording in which it is alleged a representative of a Chinese investment group asks a player at an NPL club to engage in match-fixing " and even provides instructions on how he could manipulate…...

6+ mon, 2+ week ago   (20+ words) A former student at Western Sydney University has been charged over a series of cyber attacks. The Sydney Morning Herald...