Australia Inc roiled by raft of cyberattacks this year
Australian firms have suffered a flood of cyberattacks, putting the spotlight on country's understaffed cybersecurity industry which experts say seems ill-equipped to tackle such hacks, thus endangering sensitive information of millions of people. Here is a list of companies that have been hit by data breaches so far this year: Optus Australia's second-largest mobile operator and a unit of Singapore Telecommunications was the first to report a data breach that affected up to 10 million customers, about 40% of the nation's population. The data exposed included home addresses, drivers' licences and passport numbers. Medibank Health insurer Medibank Private, which covers about one-sixth of Australians, said personal and significant amounts of Health claims data of around 9.7 million of its current and former customers was compromised, forcing it to flag a hit to earnings and withdraw forecast for a key metric. Woolworths Australia...