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David Fairfull, the founder and CEO of Metigy, has been sentenced to nine years in prison over misleading conduct and the misuse of the failed AI adtech startup’s funds. Read more: ia.acs.org.au/article/2026...

For all the talk about the value of personal data and the importance of protecting it, a newly announced US settlement for the mass data breach of genetic testing firm 23andMe shows just how much your privacy is actually worth: about the price of a cup of coffee. Read more:

Cybersecurity protections at the federal Department of Parliamentary Services (DPS) are still only “partly effective” seven years after attackers breached its networks, according to a new audit that found its implementation of seven out of eight key cybersecurity controls “fell short”. Read more:

The New South Wales government has shut down claims that it was hit by a data breach after a ransomware group leaked an alleged sample of 200GB in stolen data to the dark web. Read more: ia.acs.org.au/article/2026...

Early-stage tech firms that the federal government deems to be innovative will be exempt from controversial reforms to capital gains tax (CGT), under a draft plan unveiled last week. Read more: ia.acs.org.au/article/2026...

American Express has been ordered to pay compensation and strengthen its privacy controls after Australia's privacy watchdog found weaknesses in its internal systems left customer data vulnerable to misuse by employees. Read more: ia.acs.org.au/article/2026...

Apple will raise the prices of some of its core products, CEO Tim Cook has suggested, amid rising costs and shortages of key computer chips. Read more: ia.acs.org.au/article/2026...

An Australian physicist has codeveloped what he and his collaborators say is the world’s smallest scannable QR code – at roughly a thousandth of the width of a single human hair. @monashuniversity.bsky.social researcher @ceds92.bsky.social collaborated with scientists at @czechacademy.bsky.social.

Australian employers are increasingly relying on counteroffers to retain staff but this is often only a short-term solution, a new report suggests. Read more: ia.acs.org.au/article/2026...

Pharmaceutical giant Novo Nordisk has allegedly refused to pay $US25 million to a ransom gang that claims to have stolen more than a terabyte of sensitive data. Read more: ia.acs.org.au/article/2026...