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Friday 13th outage hits Teams, Outlook and Purview

A global Microsoft 365 outage has disrupted Teams, Outlook, SharePoint and a range of compliance services since early Friday morning, Australian time. The disruption hits the core of how Australian and New Zealand government and industry work. Microsoft Teams is the major collaboration platform across both sectors in the region.
DTA Blueprint Flags Copilot Records Gap

Agencies that switch on Microsoft 365 Copilot may need their own controls to meet records obligations. New federal guidance warns the service can influence official work without preserving the prompts, outputs or context behind it.
Police Look Offshore After NSW Health Breach

Private dental providers, not patients, may be the people exposed by a breach of a NSW Health server that has been declared a major incident.
Offshore Ban Failed to Stop Court Data Access

A Commonwealth contract that banned offshore access to court data did not stop overseas transcribers reaching it. Australia's privacy regulator says the fault lay in an access-control error, not in the contract.
Signed, Approved and Abused: Elastic Threat Report

Attackers have begun running intrusions through AI coding assistants already approved on a victim's device. Their commands then inherit the trust the organisation gave the tool.
Who’s the hero? What Iron Man teaches us about AI

AI is often discussed in terms of what it might replace. But perhaps we’re asking the wrong question. What if its real value is not replacing human expertise, but extending what skilled people are capable of?
The Binance hack exploited familiar weaknesses – all organisations should learn from it

Hackers have stolen around US$6.3 billion (£4.7 billion) from the cryptocurrency exchange Binance, most of which was taken in under an hour. According to Binance, the attack exploited systems and individuals with the authority to carry out transactions involving such large sums.
AI Puts Defenders on the Clock, Says ASD

Organisations now have days, and sometimes only hours, to patch new vulnerabilities before AI-assisted attackers exploit them, Australia's cyber security agency has warned.
OAIC Notes Big Jump in Mega Breaches

Data breaches big enough to touch a million people stopped being rare events in 2025-26. Australia's privacy regulator recorded 15 of them, up from just two the year before.
Microsoft Warns of AI Agent Memory Poisoning

Asking a person to approve sensitive actions is no longer a reliable safeguard for AI agents, according to new research from Microsoft. Its red team found poisoned agent memory can suppress or bypass those checks.

Friday 13th outage hits Teams, Outlook and Purview

A global Microsoft 365 outage has disrupted Teams, Outlook, SharePoint and a range of compliance services since early Friday morning, Australian time. The disruption hits the core of how Australian and New Zealand government and industry work. Microsoft Teams is the major collaboration platform across both sectors in the region.
DTA Blueprint Flags Copilot Records Gap

Agencies that switch on Microsoft 365 Copilot may need their own controls to meet records obligations. New federal guidance warns the service can influence official work without preserving the prompts, outputs or context behind it.
Police Look Offshore After NSW Health Breach

Private dental providers, not patients, may be the people exposed by a breach of a NSW Health server that has been declared a major incident.
Offshore Ban Failed to Stop Court Data Access

A Commonwealth contract that banned offshore access to court data did not stop overseas transcribers reaching it. Australia's privacy regulator says the fault lay in an access-control error, not in the contract.
Signed, Approved and Abused: Elastic Threat Report

Attackers have begun running intrusions through AI coding assistants already approved on a victim's device. Their commands then inherit the trust the organisation gave the tool.
Who’s the hero? What Iron Man teaches us about AI

AI is often discussed in terms of what it might replace. But perhaps we’re asking the wrong question. What if its real value is not replacing human expertise, but extending what skilled people are capable of?
The Binance hack exploited familiar weaknesses – all organisations should learn from it

Hackers have stolen around US$6.3 billion (£4.7 billion) from the cryptocurrency exchange Binance, most of which was taken in under an hour. According to Binance, the attack exploited systems and individuals with the authority to carry out transactions involving such large sums.
AI Puts Defenders on the Clock, Says ASD

Organisations now have days, and sometimes only hours, to patch new vulnerabilities before AI-assisted attackers exploit them, Australia's cyber security agency has warned.
OAIC Notes Big Jump in Mega Breaches

Data breaches big enough to touch a million people stopped being rare events in 2025-26. Australia's privacy regulator recorded 15 of them, up from just two the year before.
Microsoft Warns of AI Agent Memory Poisoning

Asking a person to approve sensitive actions is no longer a reliable safeguard for AI agents, according to new research from Microsoft. Its red team found poisoned agent memory can suppress or bypass those checks.