Australia to amend law to regulate digital payments like Apple, Google Pay
SYDNEY Australia's government said on Monday it would bring Apple Pay, Google Pay and other digital payment services
2023-11-27 19:55
Australian regulator calls for new competition laws for digital platforms
(Reuters) -Australia's competition watchdog said on Monday new competition laws were required in response to the rapid expansion of digital
2023-11-27 09:17
Australia to form rapid cyber assist teams for Pacific Islands
SYDNEY Australia said on Wednesday it would spend A$26.2 million ($17 million) to establish "rapid assistance" teams to
2023-11-22 13:29
Australian telco Optus tells lawmakers it had no plan to address total outage
By Byron Kaye SYDNEY Australia's second-largest telco, Optus, had no crisis plan when a network-wide outage left nearly
2023-11-17 10:24
Australia says hacks surging, state-sponsored groups targeting critical infrastructure
By Renju Jose and Byron Kaye SYDNEY (Reuters) -State-sponsored cyber groups and hackers have increased assaults on Australia's critical infrastructure,
2023-11-15 10:49
Singtel-owned Optus says massive Australia outage was after software upgrade
SYDNEY Australian telecoms provider Optus said on Monday that a massive outage which effectively cut off 40% of
2023-11-13 14:47
Police investigate 'cyber incident' at Australia ports operator
SYDNEY The Australian Federal Police said on Sunday they were investigating a cybersecurity incident that forced ports operator
2023-11-12 07:45
Australia to investigate Optus outage as customers seek compensation
By Renju Jose SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australia said on Thursday it would investigate an outage at telco Optus that cut off
2023-11-09 15:19
Australia's Optus hit by national network outage
By Renju Jose SYDNEY Australian No. 2 telco Optus on Wednesday reported an outage across its mobile phone
2023-11-08 06:17
Fiji and Australia boost cyber security cooperation
SYDNEY Fiji and Australia will cooperate on cyber security, with Australia also boosting aid to its Pacific Islands
2023-10-18 09:49
Australia issues $386,000 fine against X over failure to cooperate with child sex abuse probe
Australia on Monday issued a fine of $610,500 Australian dollars ($386,000) against the company formerly known as Twitter for "falling short" in disclosing information on how it tackles child sex abuse content, in yet another setback for the Elon Musk-owned social media platform.
2023-10-16 15:19
Australia fines Musk's X platform $386,000 over anti-child abuse gaps
By Byron Kaye SYDNEY An Australian regulator has fined Elon Musk's social media platform X A$610,500 ($386,000) for
2023-10-16 00:47