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Hackers Hit 21 Australian Health Clinics, Putting Medicare Numbers and Test Results at Risk
Partnered Health confirmed a data breach on 23 June that reached patient files across Sydney, Melbourne and Canberra. Experts warn the stolen records could surface for sale on hidden online marketplaces.
Australian Actress Falls Victim to $10,500 Insurance Scam
Christine Whelan Browne, a well-known Australian theatre actress, warns others about an insurance scam after losing her car.
Australia Logged 2,000 Sextortion Complaints in Six Months. Big Tech Still Isn't Scanning for the Scripts.
Australia's online safety watchdog says the same blackmail messages keep showing up across platforms, and most major tech companies still aren't using the detection tools that already exist.
Tech Giants Failing to Stop Online Sexual Extortion of Young Men, Australian Regulator Warns
Australia's online safety watchdog reviewed Apple, Meta, Google and others and found serious gaps in how they handle child exploitation and 'sextortion' complaints, even as reports keep climbing.
Scammers Are Calling Telstra Customers and Pretending to Help After Last Week's Outage
Criminals are cold-calling Australians and posing as Telstra staff in the days after a national network failure. Here is what happened, what data could be at risk, and what you should do if your phone rings.
Nine in Ten Top Adult Sites Now Check Ages in Australia, But VPN Workarounds Are Next on the Regulator's List
Australia's online safety watchdog says most major adult platforms have put age gates in place since March. Now it wants to know whether a simple privacy tool is letting users walk straight around them.
Banning Kids From Social Media Sounds Simple. Actually Doing It Is Not.
Countries across four continents are passing age limits for social media. The hard part, it turns out, is proving how old anyone actually is.
Scammers Sent AI Fake Photos of a Missing Man to His Parents and Demanded $6,000
Criminals used a social media plea about a missing autistic man to generate a fake image of him and threaten his family. It is a preview of where AI-powered extortion is heading.
Seven Arrested Over Alleged Council Fraud in Shepparton as Police Probe Four-Year Scheme
Greater Shepparton City Council referred its own employees to police after internal checks flagged suspicious financial activity stretching back to 2022.
Fake DoorDash Calls Are Draining Delivery Drivers' Wallets
Criminals are posing as DoorDash support staff, tricking gig workers into handing over account details, then quietly emptying their earnings. One driver lost $21,000.
The Qantas Settlement Text That Looks Like a Scam But Isn't
More than one million Qantas customers are receiving texts and emails about a $105 million class-action settlement over COVID-19 flight credits. The messages are real, and ignoring them could mean missing a payment.
Tasmania Becomes Last Australian State to Outlaw Non-Consensual Sharing of Intimate Images
After years of victims being turned away by police with no clear law to apply, Tasmania's government has announced it will criminalise the sharing — or threatening to share — intimate images without consent, including AI-generated fakes.
Australia Raises Alarm Over AI Scribes Listening In on Doctor Visits
Federal health officials are warning that AI tools recording patient conversations in GP clinics may pose serious privacy risks — and regulators are now weighing whether new rules are needed.
Australian Health Websites Secretly Fed Patients' Fertility and Medication Searches to Meta and TikTok
Australia's privacy regulator has ruled that Monash IVF and Medmate broke the law by embedding invisible tracking code on their health websites — code that sent sensitive visitor data to social media giants without asking anyone's permission.
Australians Are Safer Online Than Last Year — Unless They Run a Small Business
A new government survey found cybercrime fell across Australia in 2025, but small business owners are facing more legal and staffing fallout than ever before.