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When a breach compromises client data: Lessons from Medibank

An update on a big breach in Australia has come on the heels of news of other breaches (see: Optus breach and Woolworths breach). Medibank Private Ltd, Australia’s biggest health insurer, has announced that a cyber hack compromised the data of all of its customers. Nearly 4 million customers had their data compromised, meaning all […] Read more

Data Breach: The MyDeal Breach in Australia

Following the Optus breach, retail giant Woolworths have suffered a data breach in one of its subsidiaries. Woolworths says 2.2 million MyDeal customers’ details were exposed in a data breach. MyDeal is an online retail marketplace and is a subsidiary of the Woolworths Group. How did the breach happen? According to the company, a compromised […] Read more

What the Optus breach means for Accounting firms

The Optus breach has been all over the news, social media, your inbox. But what does this breach mean for accountants like yourself? More than 2 million people have had their data leaked in the recent breach. Let’s take a look at what the data leaked was: Government identification numbers Email addresses Date of birth […] Read more

Email Security for accountants: How to secure your most vulnerable application

This blog post is a transcription of our webinar held by Jon Melloy. Why is email the #1 target in accounting firms? Real-life examples of email hacks Five simple steps to secure email in accounting firms So what we’re going to be looking at is these three main points. Firstly, we’re going to look at […] Read more

How do you answer the silent question your clients are asking?

With cybercrime statistics rising, your clients are asking more and more questions about how secure the data they’re entrusting to you is. Some unspoken questions are: “Who has access to my files? “How are you securing my data?” Answering this question of data security is becoming critically important for accountants and bookkeepers in order to […] Read more

How can accounting firms train their team members to be cyber secure?

Are you keeping your accounting firm team up to date with cybersecurity training? 82% of data breaches involve a human element, according to Verizon’s 2022 Data Breaches Investigations Report. Human error can be as simple as an employee not recognizing a phishing email and being tricked into giving away their credentials. With these sobering facts […] Read more
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