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…
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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…
ANZ finds savings and security benefits in technology estate simplification – Finance – Strategy – Cloud – Security – Software
ANZ Banking Group’s technology estate simplification saved the bank $62 million in six months, with technology overall helping the bank deliver its highest level of…
Defence readies a three-year technology roadmap – Strategy – Cloud – Software
Defence is set to unveil a three-year digital strategy within months that will provide a roadmap for its technology needs and transformation. Defence CIO Chris…
Westpac begins tech consolidation under $2bn Unite program – Finance – Software
Westpac has warned of a potential increase in the risk as it begins a $2 billion, multi-year program to simplify its technology environment and decommission…
Rapid detection and response are the foundation of an effective cloud security strategy – State of Security 2024 – Partner Content
While the cloud offers substantial benefits to organisations, it also presents a new threat surface for malicious attackers to probe and exploit. Traditional detection and…
Telstra to push back 3G switch-off – Telco/ISP
Telstra will push back the planned closure of its 3G network by two months to the end of August to give customers more time to…
NBN Co CEO Stephen Rue to lead Optus – Telco/ISP – Training & Development
NBN Co is losing its CEO of almost six years Stephen Rue to Optus as the telco looks to “reset strategy and rebuild customer trust”.…
Macquarie backs change initiatives with bigger slice of tech budget – Software – Finance – Hardware
Macquarie Bank spent roughly $787 million on technology dedicated to ‘changing the organisation’ in the last financial year. More broadly, Macquarie Group spent a total…
Gov to set up identity credential misuse app – Security
A register used to stop breached government identity credentials such as Medicare cards and passports from being misused is set to be augmented with a…