When Optus, Medibank and non-bank lender Latitude Financial were hit by separate cyber attacks in the past few years, millions of Australians felt the fallout: stolen personal data, disrupted services and weeks of uncertainty. Each breach raised the same uncomfortable question: how can this keep happening?
Australians are often told cybercrime is unavoidable. Companies store vast amounts of data. Systems are complex. Attackers are sophisticated. Breaches feel like a matter of “when”, not “if”.
