Optus hacking victims launch action against telco
100,000 Optus customers are taking part in a class action against the telco claiming financial losses and distress.
100,000 Optus customers are taking part in a class action against the telco claiming financial losses and distress.
The eSafety Commission has launched a range of resources to help combat online hate directed at Indigenous people in the lead up to the voice referendum.
Latitude Financial has been hit by a cyber attack, with criminals stealing 330,000 customer records and identification documents, forcing a trading halt.
Residents in one Melbourne suburb have racked up the most online purchases of art, with some other interesting locations revealed by a leading sales platform.
Children and parents are being warned of a surging new trend in overseas criminals conning victims into online sexual exploitation and then blackmailing them.
Former US president Donald Trump's Twitter account has been reinstated, with millions of users waiting to see what he might tweet first, if anything.
Harmful, hateful and abusive content on social media will be the target of a new global network of online regulators, led by Australia's eSafety Commission.
Chatbots will be used for 95 per cent of online customer interactions within three years, but a study shows they're failing to meet expectations.
Optus customers have been told to be wary of scammers trying to take advantage of a data breach, as the telco continues to contact those who have been affected.
A man who allegedly posed as a teenage boy to lure young girls into sending him child exploitation material has been arrested by Border Force officials.
Criminology experts say "sexting" by children is one of their biggest worries when it comes to fighting an increase in online child exploitation material.
Constable Tom Clayworth spends his days hunting child predators against the backdrop of a huge spike in online abuse in the last financial year.
Days after rejecting a seat on Twitter's board, billionaire Elon Musk has offered to buy the social media company for about $US41 billion.
A man has been sentenced to time behind bars for abusing children in the Philippines after communicating with them on social media from Australia.
Cannabis use on the social media platform TikTok is often shown as funny and entertaining to its typically younger audience, according to new research.
Chinese-Australian MP Gladys Liu will boycott WeChat as a communication platform with Chinese constituents after it hijacked the prime minister's account.
Treasurer Josh Frydenberg says Chinese social media platform WeChat should be available to all politicians to communicate with Australia's Chinese community.