UniSuper’s Google Cloud environment was deleted – Finance – Cloud
Industry superannuation fund UniSuper has revealed that its private cloud infrastructure “subscription” with Google Cloud was deleted due to an error made during provisioning. In…
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US eyes curbs on China’s access to AI software behind apps like ChatGPT – Software
The Biden administration is poised to open up a new front in its effort to safeguard US AI from China and Russia with preliminary plans…
Australian Payments Plus creates first CISO role – Security
Australian Payments Plus (AP+) has created its first chief information security officer (CISO) role. Image credit: AP+ The company, which was formed by integrating BPAY…
Origin Energy’s migration to Superloop to complete by October – Telco/ISP
Origin Energy’s 130,000 broadband customers are set to be fully migrated from Aussie Broadband to Superloop-based services by October. Phillip Britt, Aussie Broadband The move,…
Visibility and prioritisation are the key to effective network and infrastructure security – Partner Content
Every facet of cybersecurity, from managing identity through to mitigating the risk of data loss has a link to the network and its supporting infrastructure.…
UK and allies unmask and sanction leader of LockBit cybercrime gang – Security
Britain, the US and Australia have sanctioned and unmasked a senior Russian leader of the notorious cybercrime gang LockBit, the British government said. Dmitry Khoroshev will…
‘Malign actor’ may have compromised UK defence ministry payroll – Security
A “malign actor” has probably compromised the payments system used by the British military, the UK’s prime minister Rishi Sunak said after reports that China…
The rise of collaboration platforms have created a new threat surface organisations must protect – Partner Content
Business communications has changed significantly over recent years. The Covid pandemic accelerated the shift to remote and hybrid work with tools such as Slack, Teams…
ATO seeks client data from crypto exchanges – Finance
Australia’s tax office has sought from crypto currency exchanges the personal data and transaction details of up to 1.2 million accounts as it looks to…
UniSuper private cloud, secondary systems taken out by “rare” Google Cloud “issues” – Cloud
UniSuper’s week-long systems outage has been traced to a “combination of rare issues at Google Cloud” that collectively caused a misconfiguration during resource provisioning and…
Russian suspected cybercrime kingpin pleads guilty in US – Security
Alexander Vinnik, a Russian suspected cybercrime kingpin who was arrested in Greece in 2017, convicted of money laundering in France three years later and is…
Germany summons Russian envoy over alleged cyberspying – Security
Germany has summoned the acting representative of the Russian embassy over a sweeping cyberespionage campaign dating back to 2022 that Berlin blames on Moscow’s GRU…