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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.

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.

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.

AI Agents to Run IT Operations, Says Gartner

Half of all organisations will use AI agents with minimal human involvement in IT operations by 2030, up from almost none this year, Gartner predicts. The forecast is one of five trends in Gartner's Top AI Trends in Infrastructure and IT Operations for 2027.