This Month
A new battleground: Why companies need a digital bodyguard
New cybersecurity threats and the targeting of senior executives have prompted businesses to adopt a ‘whole of organisation’ approach.
- Ben Powell
Huge cyber fines to be ‘Ford Pinto’ moment Australian business needs
The threat of business-crushing penalties could change the economics of storing sensitive data and cybersecurity investment.
- Paul Smith
- Exclusive
- Cyber security
Cyber is our fastest growing national security threat: O’Neil
The Home Affairs Minister says Labor’s plans to boost Australia’s defences against increasing online risks are already delivering results.
- Tom McIlroy
AT&T hack undermines US national security, experts say
The telco giant said a hacker had compromised its network and stolen records of calls and text messages from nearly all of its 100 million wireless customers.
- Ryan Gallagher
- Exclusive
- China relations
New ‘alliance’ calls out China’s bad cyber behaviour
Months of behind-the-scenes work helped convince Japan and South Korea to join an Australian-led statement slamming China over cyberattacks.
- Andrew Tillett
- Opinion
- Opinion
Asian allies key to our cyberdefence against China
Japan and South Korea have for the first time joined Five Eyes allies led by Australia in directly calling out Chinese cyberattacks, but more can be done.
- Alastair MacGibbon
Who are the Chinese hackers named by Australia?
They are based in China’s south and have allegedly operated via a front company called the Hainan Xiandun Technology Development Co.
- Nick Bonyhady
Labor under pressure to confront China over hacking
The government is under pressure to confront Beijing after its main counterintelligence agency named a hacking group linked to China’s Ministry of State Security.
- Updated
- Tom McIlroy and Nick Bonyhady
Chinese hackers unveiled; Telstra hikes prices; Bapcor shuns $1.8b bid
Read everything that’s happened in the news so far today.
Why you shouldn’t set a deadline if you want to be more resilient
The strongest leaders believe in themselves and don’t try to set timelines for when a difficult period will pass, says Macquarie Technology Group CEO David Tudehope.
- Updated
- Ciara Seccombe and Lap Phan
June
Rare earths miner hacked after Chinese investors ordered out
A ransomware group has posted CEO emails and sensitive commercial data from miner Northern Minerals on the dark web after Chinese investors were ordered to sell.
- Paul Smith, Elouise Fowler and Andrew Tillett
Risk for critical infrastructure over China-manufactured drones
Australian critical infrastructure is at risk of spying and disruption with a lack of government guidance over the growing use of unmanned drones to monitor and carry out menial work, new research says.
- Max Mason
May
The next Cold War is taking place in a chilled data centre
Any doubt AI is now the most significant national security issue for the US and China was laid to rest this month.
- Matthew Cranston
- Opinion
- Cybersecurity
Microsoft CEO should be fired over cyber failure
A cyber breach slammed by the US government for leaving customers exposed is down to a culture led by Satya Nadella of profit over security.
- James Turner
Man arrested in Sydney’s west over clubs data breach
Disgruntled software developers who claim not to have been paid are being blamed for releasing details of more than 1 million pub and club patrons in NSW.
- Updated
- Max Mason, David Marin-Guzman and Zoe Samios
April
Corporate directors warned over Musk behaviour
AFP boss Reece Kershaw says better corporate standards are needed to enable co-operation between social media giants and law enforcement.
- Tom McIlroy
‘Safe room for terrorists’: ASIO warns big tech on encryption
Federal spy and crime chiefs will demand access to social messaging systems that allow terrorists, violent extremists and child abusers to operate with impunity.
- Jacob Greber
- Analysis
- Analysis
Did one guy just stop a huge cyberattack?
A 38-year-old software engineer at Microsoft inadvertently found a backdoor hidden in a piece of software that was a possible prelude to a major cyberattack.
- Kevin Roose
Why companies are refusing to pay cyber ransoms
Fewer companies are giving in to cybercriminal demands, with around half suffering no adverse impacts.
- Max Mason
CrowdStrike’s Australian boss snares $225m cybersecurity fortune
Mike Sentonas, a computer science graduate from Edith Cowan University, has risen to become one of the leading Australians in Silicon Valley.
- Tom Richardson
