Cyber security news headlines

The personal details of more than 190 patients being treated at a Melbourne Hospital may have been accessed during a data leak.

The company is looking into allegations that its data is for sale after it refused to pay a ransom.

Fast food giant Pizza Hut Australia has claimed it has been hit by a cyber security incident, where "an unauthorised third party accessed some of the company's data".

The initial target of a major cyber breach was national law firm HWL Ebsworth in April where data leaked about government departments and agencies was published to the dark web.

Sarah thought she'd found 'the one'. Instead, she is now facing 'humiliation, heaped upon humiliation'.

The number of young Aussies being targeted by scammers has surged, with worrying levels of sextortion taking place, new data suggests.

Australian users were among those caught up in the 'Spamouflage' operation, tech giant Meta said.

The global survey underscores the rising problem of data breaches and cyber-crime.

Verifying your identity is something we all have to do fairly regularly, but it soon could look very different under a new, voluntary national digital ID.

Social media giant Meta and subsidiaries have copped $20 million in fines after an app that claimed protect personal information was found to have collected user data for commercial benefit.

The Chief Information Security Officer said the government is taking this breach 'extremely seriously'.

Latitude's woes could become even costlier after being hit with a $1 million lawsuit by a former mayoral candidate who says the firm's negligence meant his personal details were shared on the dark web.

Posting photos of children online has become normal for the latest generation of parents but experts are increasingly warning of the dangers around the practice.

A long-serving Air Force chief will take on a new role protecting Australia from cybersecurity threats as the country seeks to step up its response to the growing threat in that area.

The scary part is, there's not that much you can do to stop it from happening in the first place.

That hack compromised tens of thousands of computers globally.

A major bank warned today more people using websites such as Facebook Marketplace are at risk.

Australians are losing more money to scams than ever before as cybercriminals look to exploit vulnerable people.

Beijing has sternly rejected the report that government-backed hackers are targeting American infrastructure.

The next call you receive from your loved one may not actually be from your loved one. That's the warning from an Australian AI expert.

The government has promised to launch offensive attacks on online scammers who are busy fleecing innocent Australians for billions every year.

A New South Wales woman who helped a friend after they were locked out of their Facebook account ended up falling for a scam that railroaded her small business page.

A joint Australia-New Zealand investigation has been launched after the theft of personal information from consumer finance giant Latitude Group earlier this year.

Authorities are investigating the breach at the Crown Princess Mary Cancer Centre in western Sydney.

Australians are becoming increasingly vulnerable to cyber attacks, with hackers conducting 921 password attacks every second, a 74 per cent increase from two years ago.

Data entry clerks and executive secretaries are expected to see the steepest losses.

A spokesperson confirmed to 9news.com.au that the company won't be making the findings of the review, or the review itself, public, sighting security concerns.

The array of deeply intimate financial information today confirmed as stolen has left hundreds of thousands of Australians vulnerable to blackmail, extortion and theft.

One of Australia's most important companies has claimed that banning cyber ransoms could end up costing lives.

More than $3.1 billion was lost to scammers by Australians last year and criminals are resorting to "alarming new tactics". But all that may soon change.

More than 100,000 participants are involved in the lawsuit.

The most vulnerable people were among the hardest hit, a new ACCC report found.

Shoppers who applied for a credit card from Coles in 2018 or earlier have been caught up in the hack on Latitude.

The 21-year-old air national guardsman is expected to be charged, US authorities said.

Tech security experts say Australians travelling this Easter should never use public phone chargers such as those installed at airports.

A leaked Pentagon file shows the lengths the Russian private military group has gone to try to strengthen its capabilities in the Ukraine war.

Public USB stations like the kind found at shopping centres and airports are being used by bad actors to spread malware and monitoring software.

The non-bank leader insisted it would not meet any of the demands.

When the moment came, the spies and sleuths had only minutes to help seize the money before it could be laundered to safety.

Ten Australians have been arrested and charged as part of an international police sting on a website selling stolen account logins.

The forum has played a key role in giving cybercriminals access to hacked computers for carrying out identity theft and ransomware attacks.

AFE SA is conducting a "robust" investigation and issued an email today to the 2,224 impacted students who had enrolled between 2016 and 2021.

Drivers licence details, vehicle registration, mobile numbers and names of children may have been made public, with the agency since apologising.

Latitude Financial Services has been slammed for holding on to historic data and a "she'll be right" attitude after the company was hit by a major data breach.

It is one of China's most popular shopping apps, selling clothing, groceries and just about everything else under the sun to more than 750 million users a month.

Australian apartment giant Meriton has revealed it was targeted in a cyberattack in January which affected almost 2000 people.

Millions of Australians have had their data compromised in recent major cyber attacks and while the crime may be committed virtually, it can have very real consequences for victims.

The scale of the hack has grown dramatically since it was first revealed, and almost 8 million passports have now been confirmed as stolen.

One expert has warned there will be more hacks as it's revealed the Latitude cyberattack may have affected almost eight million Australians.

The casino giant said no customer data has been compromised.