Database containing 5M customer records had been accessed and exfiltrated. The Personal Data Protection Commission (“the Commission”) received a data breach notification from Commeasure Pte Ltd (“the Organisation”) that its database containing 5,892,843 customer records had been accessed and exfiltrated (“the Incident”). The Organisation first found out about the data…
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Reporting to ANZ group executive, technology, Gerard Florian. ANZ has announced the appointment of Paul White as Divisional Chief Information Officer for the Australia business. Reporting to ANZ Group Executive, Technology, Gerard Florian, White will be responsible for setting and implementing the overarching technology vision and strategy for ANZ’s Australia…
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Lifestyle changes driven by COVID requires new hiring models. In a recent interview with Westpac Banks’ internal magazine, Paul Bari CIO Consumer and Business said, he would look to “press go on an “experiment” to create a new “hub” of software engineers for the bank on Queensland’s Gold Coast”. In…
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COVID-19 accelerated the trend of smartization. Since the outbreak of COVID-19, smartization has become a topic of keen interest to individuals, companies, and society as a whole. In response to the crisis, most companies were quick to restructure their production chains to meet users’ demand and employ new technologies such as big…
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Overall revenue of China’s IT security service market vendors in the first half of 2021 is US$1.11B. The scale of vendor revenue has doubled over the same period last year, with an increase of 110% and a year-on-year increase of 38% over 2019. China’s IT security service market has officially…
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It hasn’t won the race yet. Recent media outlets have stated that former US Air Force Chief Software Officer Nicolas Chaillan, has come out to say that China is “winning” the race in AI. According to media reports during his exit as the CSO of the US Air Force, Chaillan…
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Digital capabilities help with patient treatment. Mental health issues were growing at an alarming rate before COVID-19, with one in five Australians experiencing a mental or behavioural disorder in any given year. The pandemic has accelerated this trend and made it harder for already stretched mental health services to deal…
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The flat market and pandemic impacts are driving new behaviours. The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has warned of potential airport chaos unless governments move quickly to adopt digital processes to manage travel health credentials (COVID-19 testing and vaccine certificates) and other COVID-19 measures. The impacts will be severe: Pre-COVID-19,…
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Receives ACCC approval. Westpac Bank ACCC has approved Westpac as an Accredited Data Recipient under the Consumer Data Right. The Australian Government introduced Consumer Data Right (CDR) in Australia. CDR will give consumers greater access to and control over their data and will improve consumers’ ability to compare and switch between…
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Facebook disruption hurt Instagram and WhatsApp business users. Facebook has issued an apology for a global outage on the 4th of October 2021, that caused disruption to all the people and businesses around the world who depend on the social media site. Santosh Janardhan VP Infrastructure at Facebook issued the statement offering apologies for “the…
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