Industry Insider

  • Automated Decisions Breached Law for Thousands: Ombudsman

    A Commonwealth Ombudsman investigation has found that automated government systems unlawfully cancelled income support payments for 9,642 job seekers over more than two years due to failures in updating computer systems after legislative changes.

  • Australian Agencies Get AI Governance Framework

    The Digital Transformation Agency has released a technical standard to assist government agencies to embed transparency, accountability and safety measures across artificial intelligence system lifecycles.

  • No Action Despite "Catastrophic" UK Afghan Data Breach

    In a controversial decision that has sparked widespread criticism, the UK's data protection regulator, the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO), announced that it would not take enforcement action against the Ministry of Defence.

  • AI Systems Can Execute Autonomous Cyberattacks

    Researchers from Carnegie Mellon University have demonstrated that large language models can autonomously plan and execute sophisticated cyberattacks on enterprise-grade network environments without human intervention.

  • Data Watchdog Fines UK Charity Over Lost Files

    Britain's data protection watchdog has fined Scottish charity Birthlink £18,000 for destroying approximately 4,800 personal records containing irreplaceable adoption documents to create space within their filing cabinets.

  • WA enacts sweeping public sector privacy laws

    ​Western Australia will implement state-based privacy legislation for public sector organisations from July 2026, establishing new compliance obligations for government agencies and contracted service providers.

  • AI Data Boom Drives LTO Tape Revival

    Linear Tape-Open technology shipments reached a record 176.5 exabytes in 2024, marking 15.4% growth as enterprises grapple with surging unstructured data from artificial intelligence and machine learning implementations.