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Combating SMS and identity theft phone scams – enforcing new rules on telcos to use stronger ID checks, and establishing new rules to reduce SMS scams.

April 7, 2023

Action on scams, spam and telemarketing: October to December 2022

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“Cyber security incidents continue to have a significant impact on the community and were the cause of the majority of large-scale breaches.” Thirty-three of the 40 breaches that affected over 5,000 Australians were the result of cyber security incidents.

March 1, 2023

Cyber security incidents in Australia at historic highs in the second half of 2022

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OAIC found recommendations from penetration tests and annual Infosec Registered Assessors Program (IRAP) assessments that had not been “fully implemented” by the agency. The commissioner also found the data breach response plan for the identity exchange had never been tested by the government department.

February 23, 2023

Services Australia finds 'high risk' vulnerability in identity exchange

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OAIC, provided submissions to the Commonwealth government, supporting changes to the current legislation written under the Privacy Act of 1988 and increase penalties to incentivise compliance.

February 3, 2023

Privacy Legislation Amendment (Enforcement and Other Measures) Bill 2022

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As lawmakers work on legislation to curb the recent surge in cyberattacks targeting Australian organizations, the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) last week released its notifiable data breaches report for January to June 2022. The report showed a 14% decrease in reported incidents overall, but saw a noted upswing towards the end of the period.

November 11, 2022

Report from OAIC calls for better data breach prevention and response

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