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How hackers can hold 3800 Ipswich businesses to ransom

2016 Cyber Security Survey findings show at least 3830 of Ipswich's 7980 businesses could be in the firing line of greedy...

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22nd Dec. 2016 5:12 AM

Computer hackers could be placing our businesses at risk.

How hackers can hold thousands of Rocky businesses to ransom

2016 Cyber Security Survey findings show that 3752 of 7817 Rockhampton and Livingstone businesses could be in the firing...

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21st Dec. 2016 6:12 AM

Graeme Campbell from Pro Computers is keeping people safe from cyber attack.

COMMENT: Password change alone not enough

IF Australia had mandatory data breach notification laws, Yahoo would likely be in a spot of bother.

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27th Sept. 2016 7:09 AM

Yahoo delayed telling customers about a security breach on its free email servers.

Nigerian scammers try to hack Noosa Council email

NIGERIAN scammers have penetrated Noosa Council's online systems but the council says no sensitive data has been...

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09th Sept. 2016 5:09 AM

Scammers believed to be from Nigeria managed to hack into Noosa Council's computer network in a hack similar one that cost Brisbane City Council $450,000.

No sense: CensusFail leaves too many unanswered questions

HOW government agencies bungling the aftermath of the Census has eroded my trust in the system.

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12th Aug. 2016 4:08 PM

Daily Examiner journalist Clair Morton. Photo Adam Hourigan / The Daily Examiner

Pokemon Go could give hackers access to all your data

Millions of people are collecting Pokemon on the new app Pokemon Go while the developers are collecting their data.

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12th July 2016 7:07 AM

Pokemon Go has created privacy concerns.

Hacked email used to move 'hundreds of thousands' in cash

MACKAY Police say a resident’s email account was recently hacked and seemingly used to discuss the movement of “hundreds of...

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15th June 2016 1:06 PM

Are your phones protected against cyber attacks?

WE READ frequently about horror stories of individuals having their personal information hacked.

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25th April 2016 6:04 PM

HIDDEN DANGER: One in five Australians reportedly fall victim to hackers and scammers each year.

Pro-Islamic State cyber group hack Australian websites

A GROUP of pro-Islamic State (IS) hackers have gone on a website defacement spree, breaking into the websites of more than...

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15th April 2016 1:04 PM

OPINION: Beware of cybergrubs

BACK in 2012 I spoke to a Warwick business woman who had been extorted by hackers.

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08th April 2016 1:04 PM

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