Website Collecting Australian Fire Donations Hit by Magecart

The attack may have compromised donors’ payment information. A website gathering donations for the victims of the wildfires in Australia has been hit by a credential-skimming attack, placing the payment information of donors at risk. The attack, identified as the work of Magecart, injected the ATMZOW skimmer into the charity’s website code, grabbed payment information,
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Cyberattack Hits Australian Parliament

Officials believe a nation-state is to blame for the incident, which took place Thursday night into Friday morning. The Australian Parliament today disclosed a cyberattack targeting its network from Thursday night into Friday morning. So far, evidence does not indicate any information was taken. This network contains lawmakers’ email archives, which officials indicate may have
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Australian Teen Hacked Apple Network

The 16-year-old made off with 90 gigs of sensitive data. An Australian teenager hacked into Apple’s enterprise computer network, making off with 90 gigabytes of data before being discovered. He also accessed an undisclosed number of customer accounts during his year-long intrusion. According to reports – by Reuters and Melbourne, Australia-based newspaper The Age, citing court
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Australian Defense Shipbuilder Austal Hit With Ransomware Attack

Attempted Money Extortion For Information Australian shipbuilder and defense contractor Austal says its IT systems were breached by a cyber attacker who then tried to extort money in exchange for the return of its information. The firm said in a statement it would not respond to the extortion attempt and that it has no evidence
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