Yesterday
Google’s biggest acquisition falls over as $35b offer rejected
Cybersecurity firm Wiz has turned down a mammoth takeover bid from Google’s parent company, Alphabet, sticking with an IPO plan.
- Lynn Doan and Julia Love
- Opinion
- Letters to the Editor
Biden should go one step further and resign as president now
Letters from readers on the US election; Michael Stutchbury stepping down; climate analysis; pension reform; and protecting healthcare from cyber threats.
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
Why investors see an opportunity in CrowdStrike shares
Australian stock pickers say a plunge in CrowdStrike’s shares after it caused a global outage represents a buying opportunity, with slim cyber pickings on the ASX.
- Tess Bennett
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
This Month
Big tech domination leaves Canberra, states ‘highly vulnerable’
According to some estimates, Microsoft’s Windows and its 365 suite of office software run on more than 80 per cent of federal and state government computers.
- Tom Burton
Why business is left helpless when big tech stuffs up
Experts say there is little most organisations can do to avoid future calamities like the CrowdStrike outage, but Australia’s emergency responses are improving.
- Paul Smith
CrowdStrike failure raises billion-dollar compensation question
Insurers could bear the brunt of costly fallout from the global IT outage on Friday, as techies at companies worked over the weekend to get services back up and running.
- Paul Smith and Ronald Mizen
- Opinion
- Opinion
Global IT outage the wake-up call we needed
We can’t rely on luck to avoid these scenarios. We have to face the hard truths of cyberspace and to finally do something about them.
- Katherine Mansted
- Opinion
- Opinion
Digital paralysis shows the dangers of e-globalisation
Globalisation may be slowing, but e-globalisation is still accelerating. It is essential that, as far as possible, its dangers are minimised.
- John Thornhill
What is CrowdStrike? The IT giant behind the global meltdown
Flights were cancelled, broadcasters went off air, trains didn’t run and medical procedures were delayed around the world.
- Kate Conger and Claire Moses
- Exclusive
- China relations
Hunter to hunted: China hit by rise in cyberattacks
Cyberattacks shutting down access to Chinese websites have ramped up significantly in the first part of 2024.
- Andrew Tillett
- Exclusive
- Funding
Woolies, Harris Farm, Tesla chair, pile in to back biosecurity start-up
ExoFlare has plans to build a global biosecurity tech firm, modelled on international cybersecurity players, and has big-name backers watching as it helps tackle bird flu.
- Paul Smith
Five V boots up $400m payday at Canberra cybersecurity biz Penten
Houlihan Lokey’s appointment shows Five V is hopeful of snagging a North America buyer.
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
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
- Opinion
- The AFR View
Where do Australia’s China ties go after hack?
The public outing only raises the question of where Australia takes the matter from here, and what it expects China to do.
- The AFR View
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
June
Cyber protection boosted in critical healthcare sector
Home Affairs Minister Clare O’Neil is rolling out a new intelligence centre as part of efforts to upgrade cyber safeguards for healthcare and hospitals.
- Tom McIlroy
- Exclusive
- Consulting
‘Merger of equals’ as two Aussie tech services firms become one
The combined business will compete in a growing but crowded field as firms scramble to up their cybersecurity and add AI to their services.
- Nick Bonyhady
Calls to ban WeChat grow after Canberra clashes
Mandarin-language social media platform WeChat has banned coverage of clashes that broke out between Chinese Australians during Premier Li Qiang’s visit.
- Gus McCubbing
