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cyber crime

Thousands of court files accessed in ‘significant’ data breach
NSW Police is currently investigating a data breach at a government department, after which 9,000 “sensitive court...
27 March 2025
By Lauren Croft
Being well prepared for cyber attacks can ‘prevent potentially really serious loss’
Particularly for smaller firms, implementing policies to help mitigate potential cyber attacks can be crucial to...
20 April 2023
By Lauren Croft
A ‘large majority’ of cyber crime can impact boutiques
While many think that bigger law firms are more commonly targeted by cyber criminals, this award-winning legal founder...
13 April 2023
By Lauren Croft
IPH continuing to investigate cyber incident
IPH Limited has updated the market on an investigation the firm is currently conducting, following a cyber breach...
27 March 2023
By Lauren Croft
16% of firms have been impacted by cyber crime on property transactions
Research from property technology company InfoTrack shows that more than one in 10 law firms have fallen victim to...
02 February 2023
By Jerome Doraisamy
The question of paper in a cyber crime-ridden world
With no end in sight for cyber security breaches as we head into 2023, the shift to a completely paperless office needs...
29 December 2022
By Jerome Doraisamy
Medibank faces class action investigation
After millions of customers’ data was compromised in a data breach, two law firms have joined forces to investigate a...
09 November 2022
By Lauren Croft
Law departments must have a ‘game plan’ for cyber attacks
Following the Optus data breach and the rise of cyber crime, this cyber partner urged in-house legal departments to be...
01 November 2022
By Lauren Croft
Smaller firms ‘sitting ducks’ following Optus data breach
Following a massive data breach leaving the personal information of potentially millions of Optus customers...
28 September 2022
By Lauren Croft
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