US seeks extradition of alleged hacker arrested in France
US prosecutors have charged a British national with data theft and related cybercrime offences, and are seeking to extradite the alleged hacker from France, the…
Category: ITnews
iTnews to launch the 2025 State of Data and AI report at NEXTDC
How are Australian organisations turning artificial intelligence into business outcomes – while protecting the data that powers it? iTnews will tackle that question at its…
ADHA readies market test of Accenture’s $788m My Health Record deal
The Australian Digital Health Agency (ADHA) is moving closer to opening its $788 million digital infrastructure arrangement to competitive tender within weeks, the first time…
Swiss government confirms cyber attack on health foundation
Switzerland said that a cyberattack on the non-profit health foundation Radix that involved data being stolen and encrypted had also affected the federal administration. In…
International Criminal Court hit by cyber attack
The International Criminal Court (ICC) has revealed it detected a “new, sophisticated and targeted” cybersecurity incident late last week, adding it has now been contained.…
Home Affairs officer accessed data on “friends and associates”
A former immigration officer at Home Affairs accessed restricted data on 17 “friends and associates” over 1000 times over a six-year period. The woman also…
SA gov kicks off review to overhaul legacy taxation systems
The South Australian government is undertaking a high-level architecture review of its systems responsible for processing over $6 billion in annual taxation. The six-month review…
Optus’ first AI chief Samantha Lawson exits
Optus’ first dedicated vice president of artificial intelligence, Samantha Lawson, has stepped down after two years in the role, amid a broader restructuring of the…
TPG packet core decommissioning caused emergency call issues
TPG Telecom’s planned decommissioning of its older 4G packet core network mid-last year caused some customers to lose the ability to make emergency calls, the…
DeepSeek faces ban from Apple, Google app stores in Germany
Germany’s data protection commissioner has asked Apple and Google to remove Chinese AI startup DeepSeek from their app stores in the country due to concerns…
Mind the AI innovation gap Podcast
A listening tour of Australian boardrooms found that executives were enthusiastic about the potential for artificial intelligence (AI) to unleash an economic bonanza but they…
DTA adds another $25m to Microsoft sourcing deal
The federal government has topped up its volume sourcing agreement with Microsoft by another $25 million through a fresh one-year deal for “unified support” services.…