The directors of Optus owner Singtel were given major pay rises just weeks before the telco suffered one of the biggest data breaches in Australia’s history.

NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet is refusing to stand by the legality of a $5.5 million grant he made following an “intervention” by Gladys Berejiklian and heavy lobbying by Daryl Maguire.

China’s military exercises on its border with India over the past two years were all “defensive” in nature, say intelligence sources.

Medibank is running a “not secure” customer login website that has been “exposed and exploitable” for the past five months, says cybersecurity expert.

Optus was operating a “revoked” online safety certificate on its “API” subdomain and had an insecure customer site as early as February 2021.

Almost a month after Optus suffered one of the worst data breaches in Australian history it continues to run a “completely insecure” website, says a top cybersecurity expert.