Politics and Government Optus outage to go under review Dec 08 2023 Updated 19 hours ago OPTUS customers have been encouraged to have their say on the outage which affected more than 10 million Australians on November 8. Federal Minister for Communications, Michelle Rowland, announced on Tuesday a There’s more to this story… Subscribe to … Read more
Westpac have restored services for customers after an outage overnight that left customers unable to access their accounts. The major bank apologised and said it took “too long” to resolve the outage after customers reported their accounts vanishing or balances displaying zero from about 9pm Monday. After posting an update just before midnight stating mobile … Read more
Bitcoin has gained over 140 per cent in 2023 – a stark contrast to its performance last year. Source link
First, Optus’ mobile network goes down for 14 hours in a nationwide outage. Days later, DP World is hacked and its port operations grind to a halt for days, leaving shipping containers piling up. Weeks after that, Westpac customers were left unable to view or access their online accounts for 9 hours after a botched software update. These … Read more
First, Optus’ mobile network goes down for 14 hours in a nationwide outage. Days later, DP World is hacked and its port operations grind to a halt for days, leaving shipping containers piling up. Weeks after that, Westpac customers were left unable to view or access their online accounts for 9 hours after a botched software update. These … Read more
We have collated all of the key cyber media reports and industry news from November, in one place, so you don’t have to… The past month has been a significant one, with the release of the Australian Cyber Security Strategy 2023 – 2030. A significant milestone in Australia’s cyber journey. Now that the dust has … Read more
What’s behind a supposed shortage of cybersecurity workers? Last month cybersecurity professional Ben Rothke questioned whether a “shortage” even existed. Instead Rothke argued that human resources “needs to understand how to effectively hire information security professionals. Expecting an HR generalist to find information security specialists is a fruitless endeavor at best.” Rothke — a founding … Read more
The company has been gradually updating its website to reflect the executive changes but has not yet added Singapore-based Peter Kaliaropoulos who has joined in the newly created position of chief operating officer. Mr Kaliaropoulos, who ran Singaporean telco group StarHub between 2018 and 2020, is considered a leading candidate for the top job. Ms … Read more
Bitcoin has climbed to a 20-month high, surpassing $US42,000, with the new surge in momentum fuelled by US interest rate cut expectations and traders betting US regulators will soon approve exchange-traded spot bitcoin funds. The world’s biggest cryptocurrency climbed more than 8% to an intraday high of $US42,162 (for the first time since April 2022), … Read more
What’s behind a supposed shortage of cybersecurity workers? Last month cybersecurity professional Ben Rothke questioned whether a “shortage” even existed. Instead Rothke argued that human resources “needs to understand how to effectively hire information security professionals. Expecting an HR generalist to find information security specialists is a fruitless endeavor at best.” Rothke — a founding … Read more