In light of a recent cybersecurity breach, Medibank Private have updated their public disclosure regarding their recent cybersecurity breach, which can be viewed directly here.

They are now advising that a criminal has contacted them and provided 100 records as proof of stolen information, which appears to be legitimate and made up of first names and surnames, addresses, dates of birth, Medicare numbers, policy numbers, phone numbers and some claims data. The criminal is claiming that they also have credit card information, diagnosis and procedure information and more.

In the 2019-20 Budget, the government announced that Single Touch Payroll (STP) would be expanded to include additional information.

A further advisory on the Optus Cyber Breach and initial recommendations.

Regular media coverage around the size and impact of the Optus Cyber Breach is ongoing.

Optus is communicating with affected customers via email and text message with actions and recommendations, supported by third party recommendations from the Federal Government including the AFP.

By now many of you would have heard through the news about the Optus Cyber Attack and the potential impacts of that to customer information and privacy.

Rawson Verco Need Cyber Security would advise any businesses with an Australian website to secure their .au domain before the priority deadline.

You have until 20 September 2022 to secure a priority allocation of the new .au direct domain name that matches your existing .com.au or .org.au domain name.

Ok, so I’ll admit it. The world of HR isn’t always a walk in the park.

With hairy topics like:

• Holding onto star employees (while dealing with poor performers)…
• Creating a vision for the future growth of your company…
• And developing the leadership ability to bring that vision to life…
  It’s easy to see why HR can seem kind of intimidating.

And why many business owners put off digging into their HR processes and structures (often until it’s too late). Because it takes a special breed of specific planning, awareness and skills to get the best out of your people.