Category: ITnews

ACL penalised $5.8m over Medlab Pathology breach
09
Oct
2025

ACL penalised $5.8m over Medlab Pathology breach

Australian Clinical Labs (ACL) will pay penalties of $5.8 million over a 2022 data privacy breach at one of its subsidiaries,…

Optus used wrong email address to inform gov of Triple Zero outage
09
Oct
2025

Optus used wrong email address to inform gov of Triple Zero outage

Optus sent the first notifications of its Triple Zero outage to a recently-retired and unmonitored government email address, where they…

Zero trust is the key to effective security in a cloud-ready, firewall-free world
09
Oct
2025

Zero trust is the key to effective security in a cloud-ready, firewall-free world

Twentieth century security approaches are no longer fit for purpose. With applications and data distributed more widely than ever and…

High Court upholds retrospective legal fix for AN0M surveillance sting
09
Oct
2025

High Court upholds retrospective legal fix for AN0M surveillance sting

The High Court of Australia has backed a retrospective law covering the validity of evidence collected using a compromised encrypted…

Revenue NSW directed to document its AI risk
08
Oct
2025

Revenue NSW directed to document its AI risk

Revenue NSW is lagging in its effort to keep risk assessments and documentation for its use of AI and automation…

Cenitex appoints former Vic DFFH CIO as CEO
08
Oct
2025

Cenitex appoints former Vic DFFH CIO as CEO

Victoria’s whole of government shared services provider Cenitex has appointed former Department of Families, Fairness and Housing (DFFH) CIO and…

Google DeepMind tackles software vulnerabilities with AI agent
08
Oct
2025

Google DeepMind tackles software vulnerabilities with AI agent

Google’s DeepMind artificial intelligence (AI) division has published details of its CodeMender vulnerability finding agent, which is designed to automatically…

NT gov agency targeted in alleged $3.5m BEC scam
08
Oct
2025

Optus used wrong email address to first notify gov of Triple Zero outage

Optus sent the first notifications of its Triple Zero outage to an outdated and unmonitored government email address, where they…

CBA modernises its banking core
08
Oct
2025

CBA modernises its banking core

CBA has modernised its longtime SAP-based core banking platform, migrating off an older superseded version that ran on-premises to a…

Microsoft to kill local account workarounds in Windows 11 preview builds
08
Oct
2025

Microsoft to kill local account workarounds in Windows 11 preview builds

Microsoft is tightening the screws on local account creation in Windows 11, removing well-known workarounds that let users skip the…

CBA opens a 'tech hub' in Seattle
08
Oct
2025

CBA modernises its retail banking core

CBA has modernised its longtime SAP-based core banking platform, migrating off an older superseded version that ran on-premises to a…

Qualcomm buys Arduino
08
Oct
2025

Qualcomm buys Arduino – iTnews

Qualcomm has acquired Arduino, an Italian not-for-profit firm that makes hardware and software for developing prototypes of robots and other electronic…