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Australians Face a Cyber Attack Every Second

According to an article published in the Tech Republic, Australia is experiencing an unprecedented surge in cyber attacks, with over 47 million data breaches recorded in 2024—equating to one attack every second.

Key takeaways:

  • Massive Scale: Australia ranks 11th globally for total breaches.
  • Widespread Impact: 732 out of every 100 people were affected—meaning many were hit more than once.
  • Financial Toll: The average cost of a breach reached AUD $4.26 million.
  • Evolving Threats: Phishing and AI-powered attacks are becoming more common and harder to detect.


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Australia’s Cybersecurity Wake-Up Call

CyberCX’s latest report highlights emerging and persistent threats in Australia’s digital landscape:

  • Business Email Compromise (BEC) is the top threat, with 75% of attacks bypassing even multi-factor authentication.
  • Espionage attacks are going undetected for over 400 days, especially in government and critical infrastructure.
  • Healthcare and finance are the most targeted sectors.
  • Ransomware-only attacks are on the rise, showing a shift in attacker tactics.


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Updated Scam Losses in Australia (2024)

According to the National Anti-Scam Centre’s 2025 Targeting Scams Report:

  • Australians reported 494,732 scams in 2024.
  • Total reported losses were $2 billion, a 25.9% decrease from 2023
  • Phishing scams remain one of the top five scam types, alongside investment, romance, payment redirection, and remote access scams.
  • The Scamwatch service alone received 249,448 reports in 2024 Older Australians

    • (65+) continue to be disproportionately affected, especially by phishing and remote access scams.

  • Scamwatch 2025 Report Summary
  • Full 2024 Targeting Scams Report (PDF)

While the most frequently reported contact method in 2024 was email (90,819), only 3,459 people reported losing money. Comparatively, the most reported contact method leading to financial loss was social media and more people lost money in 2024 than 2023. There were 7,724 reports about social media scams with financial loss in 2024, just over the 7,706 reported 2023. Social media scams led to overall losses of $69.5 million (a decrease in overall losses from the $93.5 million in 2023), the median loss being $330. Phone scams had the highest overall losses with $107.2 million reported lost across 2,179 reporters.

Scamwatch data suggests that phone scams tend to lead to higher individual losses, with a median loss of $3,900.

Source: https://www.accc.gov.au/system/files/targeting-scams-report-2024.pdf

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