Category: Cyberhacks

Prime Minister Confirms Optus to Pay for New Passports

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has announced Optus has agreed to cover the costs for replacement passports following a massive data breach. The prime minister confirmed the telco would pay during a press conference following a national cabinet meeting on Friday. “Optus have responded to my request that I made in parliament and that Senator Wong…


US Water and Power Are Shockingly Vulnerable to Cyberhacks

By Kartikay Mehrotra From Bloomberg News When the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power was hacked in 2018, it took a mere six hours. Early this year, an intruder lurked in hundreds of computers related to water systems across the United States. In Portland, Oregon, burglars installed malicious computers onto a grid providing power…