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  • Australia needs ID-theft laws: Minister

    The Federal Minister for Home Affairs, Bob Debus has encouraged state and territory governments to introduce new laws to combat identity theft but observers have cast doubt over their potential effectiveness.

  • AU government's eyes are on you

    The federal government has announced plans to link individual databases in different departments together to create an uber-database containing personal information that will be available to official agencies.

  • Call centre employees more dangerous than phishers

    Banks are fighting to keep their call centres free from criminals that pose as -- or become -- call centre staff in order to steal customer details.

  • Facebook users fall foul of fake frog ID thief?

    A fake user -- masquerading as a frog -- has duped Facebook users into revealing personal information such as date of birth, phone number and e-mail address, according to a Sophos study.

  • Public sector under attack from ID thieves

    Public sector organisations are being targeted by cybercriminals because their networks can provide rich pickings for identity thieves, according to a survey coordinated by the Australian Computer Emergency Response Team (AusCERT).

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