The wave of cyber attacks and email scams on conveyancers continues – now in Queensland. However, this article “Queensland law firms lose millions to hackers in ‘highly sophisticated’ email scam” from the Brisbane Times is misleading in two important respects. Firstly, it is not the conveyancers or the solicitors that have…
More than 300,000 Australians may have had their personal information exposed in the Cambridge Analytica privacy scandal As a long time user of Facebook, I can’t say that this surprises me. Facebook has always had the motto “move fast and break things”. Over the years this has resulted a predictable…
This new cyber fraud as reported by ABC News : “With more Australian home buyers falling victim to sophisticated cyber scams stealing their deposits and life savings, more needs to be done to protect the public from hackers, legal and conveyancing industry members have said.” Regulator should take proactive role…
A new cyber crime warning is being reported by SA’s peak body for Conveyancers : “In the last 48 hours three (3) cyber crime frauds have occurred affecting South Australian conveyancing clients. This has resulted in an estimated loss to clients of around $1.3 Million. The AICSA is urging conveyancers…
Q: Why do I need a data inventory? No one in my company actually wants to do it and it’s a lot of work. Data inventory, once completed, can save you a lot of work in the long run. Once you know where your data is, what data you have,…
