Australian authorities may have decided not to fully disclose details of the data breach at human resources outfit PageUp People as it is the first major breach to be revealed, and the processes followed could set a precedent for others that follow, an expert in cyber security and law says.
Two experienced commentators on Australia's national broadband network, the NBN, have drawn different conclusions from the broadband speed data by Ookla, the company that provides the online Speedtest application for testing download and upload speeds.
Australians are spending more time online than working, with 21.9 billion hours spent on the Internet over the last 12 months in one form or another – whether at home, at school, while at work or elsewhere - compared to 20.5 billion hours on the job.
NBN provider MyRepublic has "paid penalties totalling $25,200 following the ACCC issuing two infringement notices for alleged false or misleading representations about its NBN service performance".
Documents belonging to more than 100 manufacturing companies were exposed on a publicly accessible server belonging to Level One Robotics, "an engineering service provider specialised in automation process and assembly for OEMs, Tier 1 automotive suppliers as well as our end users", the security firm UpGuard says.
The cable-laying phase of the Australia Singapore Cable system, being managed by the Vocus Group, is over, with the final splice having been completed south-east of Singapore.
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