ForceNet, a service used by the Australian Department of Defence for auditable communications and personnel information sharing has had a ransomware attack. The attackers have not yet been identified and military information is not believed to have been stolen, but the breach may affect the records of 40,000 defence personel.
Anchora, the marketing technology consultancy, has launched two new product offerings for the Australian market. The first, LIFT, assists organisations in migrating their digital marketing activities to the cloud. The second, STITCH, creates cohesion between disparate solutions or applications, ensuring organisations get the maximum value from their market technology.
Antsomi, CDP Institute and DAC have recently teamed up to organize events to push the use of customer data platform (CDP) in Southeast Asia, whereby the seminars were held in Vietnam and Indonesia, respectively. The three entities are excited to see the industry’s enthusiastic responses with the urge to learn how CDP can help drive marketing transformation.
Procrastinators of the world can throw a party whenever they get around to it: Google has once more pushed back complete third-party cookie deprecation. The new target is “early next year.” Reasons for the delay include concerns expressed by U.K. data regulator Information Commissioner’s Office, an ongoing inquiry by the U.K. Competition and Markets Authority, and widespread discontent in the advertising ecosystem.