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October 18, 2026 · 16 min read

The Breach Notice Arrived: What You Owe, What You're Owed

A data breach notification is a legal event, not an apology email. The 30-day NDB clock, what the Optus and Medibank class actions offer, and the seven-day checklist.

October 18, 2026 · 9 min read

You Got a Data Breach Email. What You're Actually Owed.

That breach notification is a legal document, and the law says what you're owed: not much, not soon. The free ten-minute protection most people skip.

July 23, 2026 · 7 min read

Origin Energy's 48-Hour Walk-Back

Wednesday: "we do not believe bank details were taken." Thursday: incomplete card data confirmed. The lesson isn't the breach. It's the way the headline moved in two days.

June 20, 2026 · 3 min read

24 Billion Stolen Logins Leaked. The Scary Part Is How Most of Them Got There.

A database of 24 billion stolen logins surfaced this month. The headlines said change your passwords. They skipped the part that matters: a huge share came from ordinary people's own devices, not big company hacks.

June 14, 2026 · 10 min read

In a Data Breach? The 4 Things to Do in the Next 24 Hours

Your email turned up in a data breach. Most of the advice is useless. Here are the 4 things that actually matter, and 3 take under five minutes.

May 27, 2026 · 16 min read

CISA Left Its Own Passwords on GitHub for Six Months

CISA left AWS GovCloud keys in a public GitHub repo for six months. Then GitHub got breached. What the May 2026 supply-chain failures mean for you.

May 17, 2026 · 11 min read

Your Email Was in the Canvas Breach. Now Stop the Spam.

Hackers stole the data of around 275 million Canvas users, including email addresses. If yours was one, here is how to stop the spam and phishing that follows.