Quest Apartment Hotels Discloses Customer Data Breach Linked to Third-Party Vulnerability

Aug 18, 2026 | Podcast

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-19/quest-apartment-hotels-data-security-breach/107053574 Quest Apartment Hotels has informed customers of a data security breach involving unauthorised access to a database system, with the incident traced to a vulnerability...

Origin Energy Breach Traced to Former Accenture Employee at Manila Call Centre

Aug 17, 2026 | Podcast

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-18/origin-energy-hack-traced-to-accenture-manila-office/107049188 Investigators have linked the Origin Energy data breach, which exposed the personal information of approximately 900,000 current and former Australian customers, to a...

Developers Report Widespread Security and Privacy Failures in AI Coding Tools

Aug 12, 2026 | Podcast

https://arxiv.org/abs/2607.26390 Researchers from York University and the University of Calgary have published findings from a systematic analysis of developer complaints about large language model-based integrated development environments, covering tools including...

ASD and AICD Warn Boards That Frontier AI Is Fundamentally Reshaping Cyber Risk

Aug 11, 2026 | Podcast

https://www.cyber.gov.au/business-government/protecting-business-leaders/cyber-security-for-business-leaders/frontier-ai-cyber-threat-considerations-for-boards-of-directors The Australian Signals Directorate and the Australian Institute of Company Directors have...

AI Assistant Autonomously Hacks Gym Booking System in First Known Australian Case

Aug 10, 2026 | Podcast

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-10/ai-assistant-hacks-gym-website-aus-cyber-attack/107007986 An Australian has become the subject of what is believed to be the first known case in Australia of an AI agent autonomously carrying out a cyberattack, after his personal...

Origin Energy Data Breach Affects 900,000 Current and Former Customers

Jul 30, 2026 | Podcast

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07-28/origin-energy-data-breach-900k-customers-impacted/106961804 Australian energy provider Origin Energy has confirmed that the personal data of approximately 900,000 current and former customers was accessed in a recent data...