Optus chasing “near real-time” data as regulatory pressure looms
Key points Optus is using Confluent’s Oracle CDC and LogMiner with Kafka to pull 400 data tables into its Databricks analytics platform in near real-time.…
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Ex-OpenAI employee accused of planting device appears to have Saudi backing
An ex-OpenAI engineer accused of planting a recording device in an executive conference room at the AI company appears to have received considerable support from…
Top hyperscalers likely to have more AI-linked debt than now known
S&P Global estimates the world’s biggest tech firms are likely to have more AI-linked liabilities than currently known, although its top analyst for the sector…
How one hacker used AI agents and a few thousand dollars to break into scores of sites
Over the past couple of weeks, a cyber security researcher watched as a Chinese-speaking hacker broke into websites belonging to more than 100 companies, including farm…
Agentic AI’s first job in Australian healthcare is fixing the fragmented patient journey
Australian GPs rank health system fragmentation and communication issues among their leading concerns for the future, according to the RACGP’s 2025 Health of the Nation…
Edith Cowan University is building AI into its admissions process
Key points Edith Cowan University is building an AI system called ‘AI Advantage’, using Databricks technology, to help process around 70,000 admissions applications a year.…
Stolen ConnectWise ‘SkyKick’ credential exposed Microsoft 365 tenants
Key points ConnectWise has switched off its Cloud Backup service after a stolen credential let attackers sign into customers’ Microsoft 365 environments. Huntress confirmed unauthorised…
Flight Centre Global Leisure deploys AI agent to help build holidays
Key points Flight Centre Global Leisure has built and deployed AI agents to help advisors assemble complex holiday itineraries and give customers instant responses. Chief…
Shopify tells Australian store to stay shut after hijacked extensions divert shoppers
Key points WAGD, an Australian dog harness retailer, remains closed on Shopify’s advice days after malicious code redirected a shopper to a fake checkout page.…
Australian gov, media networks reached by Israeli firm’s spy ads
Key points Citizen Lab’s Exposing Adfection report says Israeli firm Discover-Tech used online ads to track devices and help plant spyware, reaching ANSTO, the Australian…
Your permissions were fine. Until someone could just ask AI.
Around half the AI tools in pilot or deployment across Australian organisations sit outside any formal governance framework. That’s ADAPT’s April 2026 reading of more…
ASIC’s security and data chiefs to leave in December
Key points ASIC’s CISO Jamie Norton and senior executive leader for data, analytics and AI Graham Jefferson have both resigned, with Norton staying until mid-December…