Category: ITnews

09
Feb
2023

Alphabet shares dive after Google’s Bard makes mistake in ad – Strategy – Software

Alphabet lost US$100 billion (A$144 billion) in market value after its new chatbot shared inaccurate information in a promotional video…

09
Feb
2023

AGL tech investment will grow despite loss – Hardware – Software

AGL is anticipating technology costs to contribute to higher operating expenses for the first six months of this year. Despite…

09
Feb
2023

Wesfarmers Health lands Myer CIO – Strategy – Training & Development

Wesfarmers has appointed Myer’s chief information officer, Troy Smith, to lay the technology foundations for its newly created health arm….

09
Feb
2023

NBN Co renews bid to force ACCC review of mobile threat – Telco/ISP

NBN Co is keeping close tabs on the ongoing TPG-Telstra saga, in part because it’s adding fuel to a long-running…

09
Feb
2023

Cyber Security NSW falling short in local government remit – Security

The NSW state government gave Cyber Security NSW responsibility in 2020 to improve cyber security in the local government sector,…

08
Feb
2023

TPG Telecom wants chance to test Optus’s evidence to ACCC – Telco/ISP

TPG Telecom and Optus are at odds over the extent to which confidential information the ACCC used to deny a…

08
Feb
2023

Optus scammer avoids jail – Security

The man who tried to extort money from customers affected by the Optus data breach has avoided a jail sentence….

08
Feb
2023

ING Bank systems upgrade could breach CDR rules – Finance – Software

Two fintech industry groups are calling for the ACCC to intervene in an imminent systems upgrade at ING Bank. FinTech…

08
Feb
2023

Medibank faces data breach class action – Security

Law firm Baker & McKenzie has filed a class action in the Federal Court against Medibank, over its 2022 data…

08
Feb
2023

Cyber Security NSW takes maturity assessments at face value – Security

Cyber Security NSW, the state’s whole-of-government cyber security office, is yet to audit a single agency’s self-assessed security maturity. Every…

08
Feb
2023

Ransomware outbreak spreads to USA – Security

A global ransomware outbreak has scrambled servers belonging to Florida’s Supreme Court and several universities in the United States and…

08
Feb
2023

Vocus CEO Kevin Russell to retire – Telco/ISP

Vocus CEO Kevin Russell will relinquish the top job, handing over the reins to current chief operating officer Ellie Sweeney…