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@ 2022/09/27Companies might need to tell people when they are hacked
After a huge embarrissing hack the Australian government is finally getting tougher on businesses who keep such hacks secret.
In Australia companies did not have to tell anyone that they had been hacked and could pretend it didn't happen. This was great for the companies particularly banks but less fair dinkum for users.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese told Australian radio station 4BC that the government intended to overhaul privacy legislation so that any company suffering a data breach was required to share details with banks about customers who had potentially been affected in an effort to minimise fraud. U
After a huge embarrissing hack the Australian government is finally getting tougher on businesses who keep such hacks secret.
In Australia companies did not have to tell anyone that they had been hacked and could pretend it didn't happen. This was great for the companies particularly banks but less fair dinkum for users.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese told Australian radio station 4BC that the government intended to overhaul privacy legislation so that any company suffering a data breach was required to share details with banks about customers who had potentially been affected in an effort to minimise fraud. U
