identity theft

The ATO has warned of cyber-enabled fraud ‘at scale’ as a looming crisis for business and government after successive major corporate hacks.

Scam techniques that rely on human nature are increasingly being executed via technology. Here are five that recorded big increases in 2021.

Identity theft costs Australians an estimated $1.6 billion a year and is considered by the Australian Federal Police to be a “critical threat” to the Australian community.

The New South Wales government has struck a whole-of-government deal with a Trans-Tasman not-for-profit service that helps people recover from the consequences of having their personal information spilled out into public through a cyber attack or data breach.

A new government review will examine ways to better protect Australians from identity theft and recover from the impacts should they become victims.

A video explaining the Govpass system will use Medicare cards as one element in a multi-factor verification process raised a few eyebrows online yesterday, but the concerns appear

Questions about information security and 369 cases of possible identity fraud involving Medicare hang over Human Services ahead of its Estimates hearing. Opposition senator Doug Cameron has been closely pursuing the matter with implications for all agencies holding personal information.