Tag: Cyber Crime

ATO Warns Australians of Yet Another Tax Return Scam

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The vast majority of Australians were required to lodge their tax returns by October 31st, but complicating factors surrounding this process were highlighted when the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) released a statement warning people of impersonators fishing for personal and financial details. While Australian citizens were burdened with minor technical…

ATO Part of Global Crackdown on Cryptocurrency Abuse and Other Tax Crimes

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The Australian Tax Office (ATO) are currently investigating several tax avoidance schemes in an effort to more effectively regulate economic activity in the modern era. The schemes were detected though the global sharing of resources dedicated to preventing cryptocurrency abuse, which forms part of the Joint Chiefs of Global Tax Enforcement’s (J5)…

Cyber Security Requires Expanded Access to Tech Skills

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Digitalisation opens up many possibilities throughout the economy, but also opens businesses up to new threats. Those in the professional services sector must be aware of the many avenues of attack that online operations allow. The most common of these include: > Phishing – where emails or websites are used to trick…