Australia
Australia to ban mobile phone usage in schools from next year
Australia is all set to implement a nationwide ban on mobile phone usage in schools from next year and is also intending to fund the purchase of new lockers or lockable pouches on a partial note. To start with, the country has decided to first start the ban in a phase-wise manner from the state […]
Cyber attack news trending on Google
Colorado-based Regis University has reported that a cyberattack on its digital assets has led to the shut down of internet on the entire campus since Tuesday last week. And a source from the campus reports that the email accounts of the University staff and students, online programs, and class schedules remain still inaccessible. Regis University […]
Cyber Attack leaks bank details and signatures of Australian College Student Parents
Nagle Catholic College(NCC) shortly known as Nagle, an Independent Roman Catholic Co-Educational School located in Western Australia says that bank details and signatures of parents belonging to the day schools students were leaked in a highly sophisticated cyber attack. Rob Crothers, the Principal of Nagle confirmed the news and added that his school was a […]
Data of Victoria’s Public Health System is vulnerable to cyber attacks
An audit conducted by Australia’s Victorian Auditor General’s Office (VAGO), Andrew Greaves has found that the data related to Victoria’s Public Health System can easily be hacked due to issues related to weak physical security, password management, and other access controls. “Our audit has discovered that the data related to the health services were vulnerable […]
Facebook Cyber Attack impacts 110,000 Australians
Facebook internal documents suggest that more than 110,000 Australians were impacted by a cyber attack launched in September last year on FB servers. The attack is said to have leaked personal info of more than 60,589 users from Australia giving access to details such as their movements, phone number, most recent check-ins, DOB, Education, work […]
Cyber Attack on Toyota Car Maker
A few hours ago, Toyota Australia has released an official statement stating that the digital assets of the car making company were targeted by a cyber attack recently. However, the world renowned car making company disclosed that none of its employee data or customer information was compromised in the incident. According to sources report to […]
China denies Cyber Attack on the Australian Parliament
China has strictly denied the allegations put forward by the Australian parliamentarian authorities who claimed that hackers from the said region tried to break into the computer network of their parliament last week, by targeting a federal database in Canberra. Speaking to the media, Hua Chunying, a spokesperson for Chinese Foreign affairs ministry said that […]
Cyber Attack on the Australian Parliament and China suspected
Australian Security Agencies have made it official that a hacking group related to state actors has attempted to hack the computer network of the Federal Parliament in Canberra. The authorities however cleared the air that the attack was blocked in the initial stages of its propagation and so no data compromise or leak could have […]
Cyber Attack news for the day
1.) China is said to have cyber-attacked the Foreign Affairs Think Tanks of Australia for at least two times this year. As the attack was similar to the one launched on the think tanks of United States, the Australian intelligence has come to a conclusion on Tuesday that the incident could have been sponsored by […]
New Zealand bans Huawei 5G equipment due to Espionage fears
After US and Australia, New Zealand happens to be the latest country to ban Huawei from entering its country and upgrading its mobile network to 5G. Reports are in that the Mobile Company Spark was intending to use Huawei equipment to offer 5G services in the country located in Southwestern Pacific Ocean. But the government […]
