Data breach exposed students passport details, education data
An open Amazon Web Services S3 bucket exposed sensitive data about international students, including passport scans, visa details, and education agreements.
Stories by Rohan Pearce
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NBN Co prepares to roll out more changes to wholesale pricing
NBN Co has launched an industry consultation on wholesale pricing, with the network operator indicating it wants to encourage the uptake of higher speed plans as well as make NBN services more attractive to lower-income households.
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Dutton backs ‘sensible discussion’ of expanded role for ASD
Home Affairs minister Peter Dutton has said that he doesn’t support an expansion of the Australian Signals Directorate’s mandate to include “spying” within Australia, but has called for a “sensible discussion” of a domestic role for the ASD.
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Auditor sees risks in government management of NBN loan
The Australian National Audit Office has expressed concerns over the handling of a $19.5 billion government loan to NBN Co, with the communications department unable to provide evidence of a suitable governance framework to oversee the company’s compliance with the lending arrangements.
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Telco group calls for focus on security for AI, regulatory light touch
An industry group that represents the telecommunications sector has called for a focus on securing the data employed by artificial intelligence systems to be incorporated into a government-backed ethical framework for AI.
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Comms minister says NBN privatisation ‘some way away’
With the roll out of the National Broadband Network due to be completed next year, Australia’s new communications minister says that there will not be an immediate push to privatise NBN Co.
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Former Nuix chair acquitted of tax evasion on appeal
The former executive chairperson of Australian security software firm Nuix has been acquitted of tax evasion and money laundering charges.
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Westpac confirms abuse of New Payments Platform PayID lookups
A spokesperson for Westpac has confirmed that the bank “detected mis-use” of the New Payments Platform’s PayID feature and “took additional preventative actions which did not include a system shutdown.”
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TPG: ‘No credible business case’ for mobile network without Huawei
Without a realistic upgrade path to 5G there is “no credible case” for TPG to resume its rollout of Australia’s fourth mobile network, the telco has argued.
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Optus cuts 200 roles, expands Agile program
An Optus spokesperson has confirmed that it expects to around 200 redundancies from changes to its consumer business.
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ACCC head calls for scrutiny of tech giants’ acquisition sprees
Regulators around the world tasked with overseeing anti-trust regimes are asking whether current rules governing mergers are enough to protect competition in the face of the acquisition sprees of major tech companies, according to Rod Sims.
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Paul Fletcher to oversee last leg of NBN rollout after Morrison’s ministerial reshuffle
Paul Fletcher will oversee the rollout of the National Broadband Network as Australia’s new communications minister, ahead of the scheduled completion of the NBN in 2020.
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Telstra begins selling its first 5G device
Telstra has begun selling its first commercial 5G device, an HTC-manufactured mobile hotspot that also supports 4G. The company's CEO also revealed today that Telstra would charge many of its customers a premium to receive 5G connectivity.
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Queensland government dumps SPER IT contract after budget blowout
The Queensland government has confirmed that it has terminated the contract of the ICT provider implementing a debt recovery solution for the State Penalties Enforcement Registry (SPER).
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APTs actively exploiting 2017 Telerik vulnerabilities , ACSC warns
Vulnerabilities in unpatched versions Telerik UI for ASP.NET AJAX are being actively exploited, the Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) has warned.
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