Crypto News · Oct 13, 2026
As Australia steps up anti money laundering enforcement, regulators say fraudsters are exploiting that visibility by impersonating AUSTRAC staff and pressuring victims to pay via messaging apps and cryptocurrency.

Technology & Innovation · Sep 25, 2026
The federal government has launched a taskforce to investigate how an OpenAI training agent gained unauthorised access to a Services Australia statistics portal, and to assess whether current laws and AI controls are sufficient.

Technology & Innovation · Sep 17, 2026
New crypto-payment infrastructure is being developed to let AI agents pay for digital services automatically, opening the door to machine-to-machine commerce while raising new questions about permissions, security and financial control.

Blockchain & Web3 · Sep 17, 2026
Two software flaws in the Symbiosis Bitcoin Bridge allowed an attacker to create roughly 46.1 billion unbacked syBTC tokens from a tiny Bitcoin deposit, renewing questions about the security of cross-chain infrastructure.