ADHA sticks with Accenture for My Health Record support
The Australian Digital Health Agency will stick with Accenture for infrastructure services underpinning My Health Record, signing a new $162m deal. The agency went to…
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Expired anti-spam domain bites NZ’s national stadium, Eden Park
Key points Eden Park’s DNS configuration referenced an expired domain, spamcontrol.co.nz, letting consultant Alex Shakhov capture DMARC reports for a year. Shakhov said the reports…
NT gov starts path to digital driver’s licence
Key points The Northern Territory government plans to offer digital driver’s licences built to internationally recognised standards by the end of the year. The Motor…
OpenAI to cut off AI models for Cursor
Key points OpenAI plans to stop providing AI models to Cursor after SpaceX completed its US$60 billion acquisition of Anysphere, the startup behind Cursor. OpenAI…
REA Group finds its first chief AI officer
Key points REA Group has appointed Thyago Liberalli to a newly-created chief AI officer role, announced via a LinkedIn post. Liberalli spent 13 years at…
ASX creates deputy CISO role
Key points The ASX has created a new deputy chief information security officer role, with Hanlie Botha appointed as its first holder. Botha joins ASX…
Announcing the 2026 Benchmark Security Awards Finalists
The Benchmark Security Awards celebrate Australian security leaders for their work in driving effective cyber programs in Australian enterprise and government. This year’s awards program is brought…
Telstra’s new control tool to deliver more “disciplined” AI
Key points Telstra has deployed a new large-scale, real-time AI cost and governance monitoring tool called an “AI control plane” to keep a firmer hand…
City of Casey quadruples open data engagement
Key points City of Casey has grown Open Data Exchange engagement from 6000 visitors in 2023 to more than 30,000 in the first half of…
Woolworths lifts the covers on internal AI
Key points Woolworths has revealed it uses an AI tool called Team Assist to field 7000 employee inquiries per week, escalating only one in 10…
Paranoid OpenAI agents hacked Hugging Face to hide benchmark cheating
Key points About 700 OpenAI agents attacked Hugging Face to reverse-engineer a scorer check that did not actually exist, a futile effort lasting days. OpenAI…
Sydney-based telco employee accused of selling customer data
Key points A 30-year-old telco employee has been charged over allegedly accessing customer data and selling it to “criminal groups”. NSW Police made the arrest…