A recent series of high-profile hacks of Australian companies including Optus and Medibank have people worried about user data and privacy.  Given Raph and James are both terminally chill about their own data, they brought on someone who actually knows what they're talking about: ABC journalist Ariel Bogle.

Links

• The biggest hack in history: Australians scramble to change passports and driver licences after Optus telco data debacle – The Guardian


• ‘The damage here is potentially irreparable’: Scale of Medibank hack worsens – Sydney Morning Herald


• Critics say more needs to be done to stop the next Optus or Medibank style of data breach – ABC

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