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20 November 2023

Phone Outage

Corporate buyers reconsidering Optus supply contracts

Following Optus’ nationwide outage on 8th November, a number of corporate buyers are reviewing their options after experiencing wide scale economic disruption, leading to a potential loss of revenue for Australia’s second largest Telco. The 14-hour outage, which halted Optus’ entire telephone and internet network affecting nearly 10 million customers, follows the worst cyber breach …

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Cyber Attack

Major DP World cyber attack reportedly caused by failure to fix ‘critical’ supply chain vulnerability

DP World, one of the country’s largest port terminal operators, recently suffered a major cyber attack with reports now revealing it was allegedly caused by failure to fix a critical CitrixBleed vulnerability, which allows cybercriminals to break into IT systems. The attack, which occurred on 10th November, closed down four major Australian ports in Sydney, …

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Cyber Security

ASIC chairman warns of ‘alarming’ gaps in cyber security including key supply chain risks

Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) chairman Joe Longo has called on Australian businesses to fix “alarming” cybersecurity gaps, following a new report from ASIC which revealed a reactive rather than proactive approach, failures to protect confidential data and manage supply chain risks. The report follows the recent Cyber Pulse Survey, which was developed to …

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