No company is safe – not even the ATO! Cybercriminals have filed over $550 million in false claims over the past two years, finding a glitch in the ATO’s digital identity system. Bogus myGov accounts were created by the hackers linking them to real taxpayers’ ATO...
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Is your firm at risk of a data breach?
by Bronwyn Smith | May 22, 2023 | Technology, Technology Support, Uncategorised
Discover what you can do right now to protect your firm from a data breach In recent times, Australia found itself a target for cyberattacks. Clearly some of our biggest brands are underprepared, but more alarming is that SME businesses are 3 x more likely to be...
What you need to know: The Federal Budget’s focus on Cyber Security
by Iain Enticott | May 22, 2023 | Technology, Technology Support
On Tuesday evening, 9 May 2023, and after more than a decade, the federal Labor government delivered its first budget. Investment into cyber security was a feature and after several high-profile cyber-attacks in the past 12 months, it appears to remain at the...
Tough Reforms Coming To Australia’s Privacy Act: Business Owners Be Prepared
by Iain Enticott | Apr 20, 2023 | Technology, Technology Support
There’s no ignoring the media’s latest coverage of the calculated cyberattacks targeting Optus, Medibank and now Latitude Financial over the past 6 months. The ripple effect has caused millions of consumers’ personal information to be compromised. The subsequent...
Cybersecurity Awareness Month: Remember Prevention is Better than Cure
by Iain Enticott | Oct 21, 2022 | Technology, Technology Support
There has been a significant increase in the sophistication, frequency, and severity of cybercrime attacks in Australia. Ironically, as we enter Cybersecurity Awareness Month, Australia has had three of its biggest corporate enterprises fall victim to cybercrime....
The Optus Cyber Security Catastrophe: Was it avoidable?
by Iain Enticott | Oct 7, 2022 | Technology, Technology Support
The Australian federal government has come down hard on its analysis and criticism of Optus’s cybersecurity measures following the hack of millions of users’ personal data. The Federal government has blamed Optus for the breach, flagged an overhaul of privacy rules...
Three ways to process ATO correspondence more efficiently
by Stan Corner | Sep 28, 2022 | Technology, Technology Support
Over the last few years, we’ve increased our use of technology to make life easier, more efficient and save time. While the ATO has moved towards digital communication platforms for ATO correspondence they still deliver some ATO documents by paper. How you process...