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Cybercrime in Australia has been on the rise for years, but Optus and Medibank have been wake-up calls

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Experts say the recent prominence of data breaches is just companies being more forthcoming and the media more focused on reporting them

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It might seem like data breaches are occurring more frequently than ever in the wake of the Optus cyber-attack, but while cybercrime incidents are constantly on the rise, Australia isn’t really a hot new target.

Since Optus first disclosed its massive data breach at the end of September, breaches or attacks have been reported by Medibank, Woolworths’ MyDeal, EnergyAustralia, Vinomofo and Medlab.

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