Category: ITnews

NSW Education AI tool set to launch for students from October
22
Sep
2025

NSW Education AI tool set to launch for students from October

All NSW public school students from Year 5 onwards will gain access to the state’s ChatGPT-style platform, NSWEduChat, from October…

Optus accused of low-effort,
22
Sep
2025

Optus accused of low-effort, “inaccurate” outage notifications

Optus initially characterised its Triple Zero outage in emails to government officials on Thursday afternoon as impacting just 10 calls,…

Optus initiates change freeze on
21
Sep
2025

Optus initiates change freeze on “network system”

Optus CEO Stephen Rue has placed “an immediate halt to further changes in our network system”, pending a review and…

Finance to save $17m by 2029 through IT insourcing
21
Sep
2025

H-1B visa crackdown upends Indian IT industry’s playbook

India’s $283 billion ($429 billion) information technology sector will have to overhaul its decades-old strategy of rotating skilled talent into…

Optus' Triple Zero failure
21
Sep
2025

Optus’ Triple Zero failure “unlikely” to have contributed to baby’s death

An Optus network failure is now considered “unlikely” to have “contributed” to the death of an eight-week-old baby in South…

European airports snarled by cyberattack
21
Sep
2025

European airports snarled by cyberattack

A cyberattack at a provider of check-in and boarding systems disrupted operations on Saturday at several major European airports including…

Optus to answer privacy court case stemming from 2022 data breach
20
Sep
2025

Optus firewall upgrade behind 13-hour Triple Zero outage

Optus CEO Stephen Rue said that a “regular” firewall upgrade at 12.30am on Thursday caused Triple Zero calls on the…

Optus network failure impacts Triple Zero calls
19
Sep
2025

Optus network failure impacts Triple Zero calls

Optus has revealed a network failure impacted its ability to carry Triple Zero calls in three states and territories on…

SA Health discloses patient data leak from third-party breach
19
Sep
2025

Ramsay Health Care under new tech leadership from November

Ramsay Health Care will have a new technology and digital leader from November, with high-profile executive Dr Rachna Gandhi confirmed…

Google adds Gemini to Chrome browser after avoiding antitrust breakup
19
Sep
2025

Google adds Gemini to Chrome browser after avoiding antitrust breakup

Google will integrate Gemini into its Chrome browser for users in the US just weeks after a federal judge spared…

University of Sydney hunts for permanent CISO
19
Sep
2025

University of Sydney hunts for permanent CISO

The University of Sydney has kicked off recruitment for a permanent chief information security officer following the departure of Steven Bennett…

Actor auth tokens gave Global Admin access across Azure Entra ID tenants
18
Sep
2025

Actor auth tokens gave Global Admin access across Azure Entra ID tenants

A Dutch security researcher has published an indepth analysis of a critical vulnerability that could have allowed attackers to compromise…