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Sydney-based telco employee accused of selling customer data
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A Sydney telecommunications employee has been charged after a joint NSW and Queensland Police investigation into the alleged sale of customer data. The operation involved coordinated action between the two state police forces, though further details about the scale of the alleged data breach or the number of customers affected have not been disclosed.
Two WA men charged after AFP-FBI-WAPF probe into alleged open-source supply-chain attack
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Two Western Australian men have been charged with 14 offences following a joint investigation by the AFP, FBI, and WA Police into an alleged cybercrime syndicate. The group is accused of tampering with open-source software packages to infiltrate corporate networks and steal data. The case highlights growing concerns about supply-chain vulnerabilities in widely used open-source tools.
One in three ANZ organisations still pay ransomware demands, Commvault research says
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One in three organisations in Australia and New Zealand still pay ransomware demands, according to Commvault research, despite no guarantee that data will be recovered or operations restored. The findings highlight persistent vulnerabilities and suggest many organisations lack confidence in their ability to recover independently from ransomware attacks.