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1 week ago | 
abc.net.au | Ange Lavoipierre
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1 week ago | 
abc.net.au | Ange Lavoipierre
In recent trials, key age-checking technology behind the teen social media ban could only guess people's ages within an 18-month range in 85 per cent of cases. The social media ban for under-16s is due to take effect in December, but experts say the government should reconsider the policy. The industry body for age-checking companies says face scanning is only part of the solution, and it remains confident the ban can still succeed.
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1 month ago | 
abc.net.au | Ange Lavoipierre
Google will launch its Gemini AI chatbot for Australian children under 13 within months, the ABC can reveal. The tech giant is rolling out the program in the US this week, with a worldwide launch to follow in the coming months, although no date has yet been specified. The announcement has prompted calls for the government to consider banning AI chatbots for children, in the same way it banned social media for children under 16.
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1 month ago | 
abc.net.au | Ange Lavoipierre |Michael Workman
A pro-Russian influence operation has been targeting Australia in the lead-up to this weekend's federal election, the ABC can reveal, attempting to "poison" AI chatbots with propaganda. Pravda Australia presents itself as a news site, but analysts allege it's part of an ongoing plan to retrain Western chatbots such as ChatGPT, Google's Gemini and Microsoft's Copilot on "the Russian perspective" and increase division amongst Australians in the long-term.
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1 month ago | 
abc.net.au | Ange Lavoipierre
Cybercriminals have stolen almost 100 staff logins from workers at Australia's biggest banks, putting those businesses at a higher risk of an attack, according to cyber security researchers. They're warning attackers could ultimately use the leaked logins to gain access to the banks' corporate networks.
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1 month ago | 
radionz.co.nz | Ange Lavoipierre
By Ange Lavoipierre, ABCCybercriminals have stolen almost 100 staff logins from workers at Australia's biggest banks, putting those businesses at higher risk of mass data theft and ransomware attacks, according to cyber security researchers. The most serious risks arise from the fact that attackers could ultimately use those leaked logins to gain access to the banks' corporate networks, they warned.
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1 month ago | 
rnz.co.nz | Ange Lavoipierre
By Ange Lavoipierre, ABCCybercriminals have stolen almost 100 staff logins from workers at Australia's biggest banks, putting those businesses at higher risk of mass data theft and ransomware attacks, according to cyber security researchers. The most serious risks arise from the fact that attackers could ultimately use those leaked logins to gain access to the banks' corporate networks, they warned.
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1 month ago | 
abc.net.au | Ange Lavoipierre
Cybercriminals have stolen almost 100 staff logins from workers at Australia's biggest banks, putting those businesses at higher risk of mass data theft and ransomware attacks, according to cyber security researchers. The most serious risks arise from the fact that attackers could ultimately use those leaked logins to gain access to the banks' corporate networks, they warned.
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2 months ago | 
abc.net.au | Ange Lavoipierre
More than 31,000 passwords belonging to Australian customers of the Big Four banks are being shared amongst cyber criminals online, often for free, the ABC can reveal. Despite the anti-fraud protections in place at those banks, cybersecurity experts warn victims could "definitely" lose money as a result.
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2 months ago | 
abc.net.au | Ange Lavoipierre
The federal government has doubled down on its decision to give YouTube a carve-out from the teen social media ban, despite privately assuring rival platforms that "no final decisions" have been made, the ABC can reveal. The government disputes that it has made contradictory statements, but the revelation further complicates what competitors have described as a ''sweetheart deal" for the video streaming giant.
