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- Analysis
- Government Observed
Tech meltdown revealed a fundamental flaw in plain sight
The global CrowdStrike breakdown revealed just how much of the global IT system is built on inherently unsafe code.
- Tom Burton
A new battleground: Why companies need a digital bodyguard
New cybersecurity threats and the targeting of senior executives have prompted businesses to adopt a ‘whole of organisation’ approach.
- Ben Powell
Why investors see an opportunity in CrowdStrike shares
Australian stock pickers say a plunge in CrowdStrike’s shares after it caused a global outage represents a buying opportunity, with slim cyber pickings on the ASX.
- Tess Bennett
Huge cyber fines to be ‘Ford Pinto’ moment Australian business needs
The threat of business-crushing penalties could change the economics of storing sensitive data and cybersecurity investment.
- Paul Smith
- Exclusive
- Cyber security
Cyber is our fastest growing national security threat: O’Neil
The Home Affairs Minister says Labor’s plans to boost Australia’s defences against increasing online risks are already delivering results.
- Tom McIlroy
July
Why business is left helpless when big tech stuffs up
Experts say there is little most organisations can do to avoid future calamities like the CrowdStrike outage, but Australia’s emergency responses are improving.
- Paul Smith
Banks turn to Gen AI to protect customers from scams
Banks and super funds deal with billions of data events every day, and are increasingly relying on artificial intelligence to detect hacking attempts.
- Christopher Niesche
CrowdStrike failure raises billion-dollar compensation question
Insurers could bear the brunt of costly fallout from the global IT outage on Friday, as techies at companies worked over the weekend to get services back up and running.
- Paul Smith and Ronald Mizen
Hacked Optus gets award for cybersecurity nous
The irony of the award going to a company defending both a class action and an ACMA civil lawsuit for alleged security failures hung heavy in the room.
- Updated
- Myriam Robin
- Analysis
- Software
When tech fails, it is usually with a whimper instead of a bang
Forget artificial intelligence, disaster is as likely to creep in quietly – perhaps from a piece of technology so mundane that hardly anyone knows it exists.
- Updated
- David Streitfeld and Kate Conger
- Opinion
- Cybersecurity
Digital paralysis shows the dangers of e-globalisation
Globalisation may be slowing, but e-globalisation is still accelerating. It is essential that, as far as possible, its dangers are minimised.
- John Thornhill
Global IT outage could take weeks to resolve, experts warn
The only remedy for Windows users affected by the “blue screen of death” error involves rebooting the computer and manually deleting CrowdStrike’s botched file update.
- Updated
- Stephanie Stacey and Camilla Hodgson
- Analysis
- Software
What caused the huge global IT outage?
Friday’s international meltdown is an example of how a minor technical change, made by a company unknown to most outside the IT industry, can wreak havoc.
- Camilla Hodgson, Stephanie Stacey, Cristina Criddle and Madhumita Murgia
IT outage: ‘significant’ cost to Australian economy
Australian companies and services are struggling with knock-on effects from an unprecedented global IT outage caused by a simple software update.
- Updated
- Savannah Meacham and Samantha Lock
What is CrowdStrike? The IT giant behind the global meltdown
Flights were cancelled, broadcasters went off air, trains didn’t run and medical procedures were delayed around the world.
- Kate Conger and Claire Moses
- Exclusive
- Cybersecurity
Hunter to hunted: China hit by rise in cyberattacks
Cyberattacks shutting down access to Chinese websites have ramped up significantly in the first part of 2024.
- Andrew Tillett
Five V boots up $400m payday at Canberra cybersecurity biz Penten
Houlihan Lokey’s appointment shows Five V is hopeful of snagging a North America buyer.
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
AT&T hack undermines US national security, experts say
The telco giant said a hacker had compromised its network and stolen records of calls and text messages from nearly all of its 100 million wireless customers.
- Ryan Gallagher
The unmasking of Chinese hacking group APT40
The group that hit the headlines this week is just one part of a vast hacking machine that operates far beyond China.
- Jessica Sier
- Exclusive
- China relations
New ‘alliance’ calls out China’s bad cyber behaviour
Months of behind-the-scenes work helped convince Japan and South Korea to join an Australian-led statement slamming China over cyberattacks.
- Andrew Tillett
- Opinion
- Cyber warfare
Asian allies key to our cyberdefence against China
Japan and South Korea have for the first time joined Five Eyes allies led by Australia in directly calling out Chinese cyberattacks, but more can be done.
- Alastair MacGibbon
- Opinion
- The AFR View
Where do Australia’s China ties go after hack?
The public outing only raises the question of where Australia takes the matter from here, and what it expects China to do.
- The AFR View
Who are the Chinese hackers named by Australia?
They are based in China’s south and have allegedly operated via a front company called the Hainan Xiandun Technology Development Co.
- Nick Bonyhady
Labor under pressure to confront China over hacking
The government is under pressure to confront Beijing after its main counterintelligence agency named a hacking group linked to China’s Ministry of State Security.
- Updated
- Tom McIlroy and Nick Bonyhady
‘We know nothing’: Media blasts information void in privacy reform
Uncertainty about the Albanese government’s new privacy laws threatens billions in advertising, with one data firm urging clients to pause online targeting.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones
