2022 scam losses reach $3.1B in wake of massive data breaches
Data breaches saw millions of Australians become more vulnerable to scams as total financial losses hit a record $3.1 billion in 2022.
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Fake sites and email scams hit Aussie wallets
The Australian Taxation Office has issued a warning over the rise of tax scams in Australia as another financial year draws to a close.
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Aussies lost $128M to business email compromise scams last year
Business email compromise scams were one of the top three scam categories for losses plaguing Australians during 2020, with combined losses of $128 million over the last year.
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Aussie scam tally rises by 30% to $634M
The financial cost of scams in Australia has risen by almost a third despite an overall drop in the number of reported cases.
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Telstra brand hijacked as coronavirus-themed scams hit Aussies
Telstra is among the local companies whose brands have been hijacked by online scammers trying to make a buck from the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
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Scams cost Australians more than $100M a year
Australians have so far lost $118.5 million to scams as at October 2019, which is already $10 million more than what it cost in 2018 ($107 million).
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Fake email scams cost Australian businesses $2.8M in 2018
Australian businesses have lost more than $2.8 million dollars to fraudsters intercepting their internal email networks.
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Scamwatch round-up – Medicare and Officeworks
ARN provides a weekly wrap of the phishing scams, malware attacks and security breaches impacting organisations across Australia.
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Scamwatch round-up – Docusign, Commonwealth Bank, ANZ Bank, Office 365
ARN provides a weekly wrap of the phishing scams, malware attacks and security breaches impacting organisations across Australia.
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Scamwatch round-up – Microsoft Dynamics, Xero, ATO and Australia Post
ARN provides a weekly wrap of the phishing scams, malware attacks and security breaches impacting organisations across Australia.
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Scamwatch round-up – ASIC, Suncorp Bank
ARN provides a weekly wrap of the phishing scams, malware attacks and security breaches impacting organisations across Australia.
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Scamwatch round-up – EnergyAustralia, Telstra and CBA
ARN provides a weekly wrap of the phishing scams, malware attacks and security breaches impacting organisations across Australia.
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Scamwatch round-up – Vocus, Aldi, Bunnings and Amcal
ARN provides a weekly wrap of the phishing scams, malware attacks and security breaches impacting organisations across Australia.
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ACCC sounds warning on NBN scammers
The ACCC has sounded a warning to the public on scammers pretending to be from the NBN, conning victims out of their money and personal information.
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ACCC admits to privacy breaches on its websites
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has confirmed a series of its web sites have been subject to privacy breaches of an unknown origin.
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