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1. Optus impersonation scams: ACMA alert: (Security); Scammers are continuing to impersonate the Optus brand to scam Australians, according to the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) which has warned that it is receiving reports of convincing-looking ...; Created on 25 January 2023
2. Jim’s Group leverages Optus’ connection to boost customer experience: (Business Telecoms); Telecommunications company Optus will provide its business solutions and mobile network to over 700 services to home service franchise Jim’s Group across its 54 divisions. Optus’ coverage footprint ...; Created on 25 January 2023
3. Telstra tops median download speed, according to Speedtest Intelligence: (Business Telecoms); Among top mobile operators in Australia in Q4 2022, Telstra delivered the fastest media download speet at 96.16Mbps, followed by Optus and Vodafone at 90.56 and 66.86 respectively, according to Ookla' ...; Created on 20 January 2023
4. iTWire wishes you a Very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year 2023: (Business IT); ... 500Mbps and near 1Gbps speeds, which is great for consumers and businesses. Cybercrime and online scams are a dark spot, with the Optus and Medibank hacks massive wake-up calls, and while cyber security ...; Created on 24 December 2022
5. HMD Global announces Nokia C31 now available at Optus: (Mobility); HMD Global has announced the launch of the Nokia C31 smartphone with Optus Australia. Now the three major Australian carriers - Telstra, Optus, and Vodafone - all have Nokia devices, making the brand more ...; Created on 21 December 2022
6. ACCC blocks TPG and Telstra’s proposed network sharing agreement: (Technology Regulation); ... which extends beyond the regional geographic zone on Telstra’s network. While both Telstra and TPG Telecom have outlined the benefits the deal would bring to consumers, critics such as Optus have warned ...; Created on 21 December 2022
7. Cost of doing nothing: Australian organisations are gambling on cybersecurity: (Guest Opinion); ... recent high-profile data breaches against Optus and Medibank and dozens more have woken corporate Australia up to the realities of the evolving cyber landscape. Attacks are increasing in scale and severity, ...; Created on 21 December 2022
8. The cost of doing nothing: Australian organisations are gambling on cybersecurity: (Security); ... recent high-profile data breaches against Optus and Medibank and dozens more have woken corporate Australia up to the realities of the evolving cyber landscape. Attacks are increasing in scale and severity, ...; Created on 21 December 2022
9. Smaller telcos gain as wholesale broadband market slows: ACCC: (Telecoms & NBN); ... number of NBN residential services with the four largest providers (Telstra, TPG, Optus and Vocus) decreased by over 123,000 in the September quarter, and their combined market share dropped by 1.6 percentage ...; Created on 15 December 2022
10. NBN home broadband services price up in 2021-22 while standard measurements remained unchanged, ACCC report shows: (Telecoms & NBN); ... in 2021-22. 5G mobile coverage increased The big three—Telstra, Optus, and TPG—made investments in their 5G rollout, reaching regional areas for the first time. Mobile virtual network operators that ...; Created on 12 December 2022
11. Identity verification unicorn Incode launches in ANZ to set new bar in security for consumers: (Strategy); Incode has set its sights on securing marquee clients and channel partners on its journey to process 3M transactions in the next 12 months COMPANY NEWS: Incode, the leading provider of world-class identity ...; Created on 12 December 2022
12. Optus and Ericsson deploy RAN site: (Business Telecoms); Mobile service provider Optus and Swedish telecommunications company Ericsson have deployed a radio access network site at Optus’ Moorebank site in Sydney. The said RAN solution leverages new generation ...; Created on 11 December 2022
13. Lani Refiti on Government pledge to 'hack the hackers: (Guest Opinion); ... to track down the people responsible for recent attacks on Optus and Medibank, forming a new partnership with the Australian Federal Police and Signals Directorate. These enormous cyberattacks targeting ...; Created on 08 December 2022
14. Why Data Governance Must be a Key Focus for Australian Business in 2023: (Guest Opinion); ... high-profile cyberattacks. In September, telecommunications company Optus revealed it had suffered a data breach resulting in the personal details of around 10 million current and former customers ...; Created on 07 December 2022
15. Optus, Medibank – and supply chains flying under the radar…: (Guest Opinion); GUEST OPINION: While repercussions from the recent hacker attacks on Australia's Optus and Medibank are still resounding as media writers estimate ever higher damage costs, attacks on supply chain targets ...; Created on 07 December 2022
16. If you thought 2022 was unpredictable, expect 2023 to be more of the same: (Guest Opinion); ... In the wake of high-profile cyberattacks such as those suffered by Optus and Medibank, cybersecurity will remain a critical focus for Australian businesses. Attention will be further heightened in the ...; Created on 07 December 2022
17. Australian partners commemorated at HPE and Aruba awards: (Resellers); ... Partner of the Year: Optus Enterprise Gold Partner of the Year: Datacom Silver Partner of the Year: blueAPACHE Aruba Managed Services Provider Partner of the Year: Somerville Aruba GreenLake Partner ...; Created on 06 December 2022
18. Dino Beverakis takes lead as Avaya ANZ managing director: (People Moves); ... expertise from management roles at Optus, First Focus IT, and Hewlett Packard, among others. Beverakis was previously Avaya’s head of professional services where he led a team of specialists who provided ...; Created on 05 December 2022
19. Optus switches on a new tower in South Hedland: (Business Telecoms); Telecommunications company Optus has switched on a new tower in South Hedland, providing residents customers with improved communication and increased network capacity. The new 4G tower located in ...; Created on 04 December 2022
20. Why Data Governance Must be a Key Focus for Australian Business in 2023: (Guest Opinion); ... months as the nation reels from multiple, high-profile cyberattacks. In September, telecommunications company Optus revealed it had suffered a data breach resulting in the personal details of around ...; Created on 02 December 2022
21. Mobile core networks and multi-access edge computing market revenue decline in 3Q 2022: Dell’Oro Group: (Mobility); ... AT&T and Verizon (USA), stc Bahrain, Telekom (Germany), Optus (Australia), Claro, TIM, and Vivo (Brazil).” The 3Q 2022 Mobile Core Network and Multi-Access Edge Computing Report listed the top give global ...; Created on 01 December 2022
22. Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman records lower complaints between July to September 2022: (Technology Regulation); ... receiving no or delayed action by a provider increased 19.9% in this quarter, and complaints about misleading sales conduct increased 25.4%. The last week of quarter one saw the impact of the Optus data ...; Created on 28 November 2022
23. Australians Will Have The Right to Be Forgotten in 2023: (Guest Opinion); ... they need to complete their roles. 5. Australians will have the right to be forgotten: In the wake of the Optus and Medibank breaches, regulations are likely to be introduced that give Australians the ...; Created on 25 November 2022
24. Vertiv appoints Vai Le as associate channel director for ANZ: (People Moves); ... Optus, distributing entertainment devices to Australian and Singaporean households. “Beyond the explosion in consumer IoT devices, Australia and New Zealand’s growing demand for computing power also ...; Created on 23 November 2022
25. Asia-Pac telcos selling towers to ease financial strain, claims S&P: (Telecoms & NBN); ... technology services and data centres. Tower sales provide much needed capital for these investments." Among the companies that have recently sold towers S&P listed Telstra, Optus parent Singtel, TPG ...; Created on 23 November 2022
26. Why it pays to use a billing platform that will help your SaaS business to scale: (Guest Opinion); ... that data, and other sensitive personal information, is critical. Choose a billing platform with PCI compliant payment gateways and you lessen the likelihood of experiencing an Optus-like event. Automated ...; Created on 22 November 2022
27. Medibank data linked off same forum on which Optus data was leaked: (Security); ... Optus was released. Ransomware generally attacks only systems running Microsoft's Windows operating system. Security researcher Brett Callow posted a tweet about the appearance of the links. The person ...; Created on 15 November 2022
28. NBN Co’s first 2023 quarter posted $1.31 billion in revenue: (Telecoms & NBN); ... customers from Telstra and Optus networks to its own, subscriber costs fell to $86 million last quarter to virtually zero this year, NBN Co reported. Capital expenditure for the three months ended 30 ...; Created on 14 November 2022
29. ACCC fines the three largest internet service providers $33.5 million for misrepresenting internet speed connection: (Technology Regulation); The Federal Court has ordered that the largest internet service providers—Telstra, Optus, and TPG Telecom—need to pay penalties amounting to $33.5 million after each companies admitted false and misleading ...; Created on 14 November 2022
30. Govt announces 100-strong force to hunt down online attackers: (Security); A 100-person strong task force, formed jointly by the Australian Federal Police and the Australian Signals Directorate, will be given the job of hunting down those who commit crimes online. Home Affairs ...; Created on 13 November 2022
31. Optus sets aside $140m for costs associated with data breach: (Telecoms & NBN); Telco Singtel Optus has set aside $140 million for costs associated with the catastrophic breach it announced in September, with the company announcing this as part of its half-year results on Thursday. ...; Created on 10 November 2022
32. Ransomware group keeps its word, posts Medibank data on dark web: (Security); ... released online under the Optus data breach, will now extend to Medibank Private customers." The force said it was also working with federal agencies and Five Eyes Law Enforcement partners, including ...; Created on 09 November 2022
33. AIIA calls on Government to introduce safe harbour and reconsider proposed penalties for data breaches: (Government Tech Policy); ... among Australian organisations such as Optus and Medibank and seeks to increase penalties to the greater of $50 million, 30% of turnover, or three times the value of any benefit obtained through the misuse ...; Created on 08 November 2022
34. Optus agrees to refund NSW users for licences, others are in limbo: (Security); Telco Singtel Optus has agreed to reimburse the costs of a new driving licence for NSW residents who were hit by the telco's catastrophic data breach. In other mainland states, the respective departments ...; Created on 08 November 2022
35. Ransomware group threatens to post Medibank data on dark web: (Security); ... the telco Singtel Optus which has also suffered a catastrophic breach. The operator of the ransomware blog, said in the post: "A man who has committed a mistake and doesn't correct it is committing another ...; Created on 08 November 2022
36. Optus denies breach data led to user losing money from bank: (Security); Telecommunications provider Singtel Optus has denied that data which was leaked during a massive breach of its network is in any responsible for a cafe owner losing about $10,000 from his ANZ bank account. ...; Created on 07 November 2022
37. FirstWave appoints new Australia-based chief revenue officer: (People Moves); ... positions at HPE, Optus, Dell and NetApp, a statement from the company said. He will be based in Sydney and will be part of the company's senior executive team. The statement said Davanzo would work ...; Created on 07 November 2022
38. Helping Optus spin breach fallout: the AFR shows the way: (Open Sauce); One reason why a company like Singtel Optus can leak customer data in a breach that is, by all accounts, its own fault and then avoid being held to account is because of the media's fawning coverage. A ...; Created on 04 November 2022
39. Real estate firm Harcourts latest to suffer data breach: (Security); Real estate company Harcourts says its Melbourne City franchise has been breached in what it describes as a "cyber incident", with the route for entry being a device used by the franchisee's service provider ...; Created on 04 November 2022
40. Optus says will not pay users' licence costs, only admin expenses: (Security); Telco Singtel Optus has indicated that it will pay only the administrative costs incurred by VicRoads in issuing new licences — and not the costs of the licences themselves — to the hundreds of thousands ...; Created on 01 November 2022
41. Ransomware attack on Dialog also took down defence app ForceNet: (Security); The external provider affected in the ransomware attack on ForceNet, a service used by the Australian Department of Defence, is Dialog Information Technology, a company owned by Singtel. Dialog was ...; Created on 31 October 2022
42. New study indicates cybersecurity professionals may be burning out at a faster rate than frontline healthcare workers: (Security); ... services, food distribution and transportation are affected. As the nation digests the continuing fallout of the Optus, Medibank and MyDeal breaches and others that are coming to light, the organisation ...; Created on 31 October 2022
43. Vic polls reason for licence issue as Optus kicks can down the road: (Open Sauce); ... to those whose documents were compromised in the disastrous Singtel Optus data breach. This argument is bolstered by the fact that Optus, in a manner that even Ebenezer Scrooge would struggle to emulate, ...; Created on 30 October 2022
44. VicRoads says issuing new licences for Optus data breach victims: (Security); Victorian transport authority VicRoads says it will issue new driving licences to 342,000 people in the state who were affected by the massive data breach at telco Singtel Optus. However, it does not ...; Created on 30 October 2022
45. Thomson Reuters leaves terabytes of data exposed on Web: report: (Security); ... serious ramifications. For example, this practice would lead to a supply chain cyber attack," it added. Australia has recently witnessed nine data breaches in a little over a month, these being at Optus, ...; Created on 28 October 2022
46. Medibank says My Home Hospital also hit, PII and health data accessed: (Security); ... breaches at 1. Optus 2. Medibank 3. AHM ..I have worked in tech for 25 years. Nothing surprises me - because tech workers are treated like shite — Su Dharmapala Votes Yes (@SuDharmapala) October 27, ...; Created on 27 October 2022
47. Pathology practice Medlab reveals data breach after nine months: (Security); Almost nine months after it experienced what it terms a "cyber incident", private pathology practice Medlab Pathology has issued a statement about the incident in which Medicare details and credit card ...; Created on 27 October 2022
48. SVoD service revenue in Australia to hit $5.2 billion in 2027, forecasts GlobalData: (Entertainment); Subscription video on demand (SVoD) service revenue in Australia is poised to hit at a CAGR of 8.9% from US$2.2 billion ($3.3 billion) to US$3.4 billion ($5.2 billion) in 2027 driven by a surge in subscriptions ...; Created on 27 October 2022
49. Five considerations when implementing DevSecOps: (Guest Opinion); ... fix the codes, resulting in delays or undetected vulnerabilities. However, recent cyber security incidents such as Optus and Woolworths data breaches have shown that development and cybersecurity teams ...; Created on 27 October 2022
50. Phishing has been around long enough for Westpac to know: (Open Sauce); In the midst of a spate of data breaches — there have been eight reported in Australia since Optus led the way — the last thing one would expect is for any company to send out digital communications asking ...; Created on 27 October 2022

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