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SmartCompany is the voice of Australian entrepreneurship, publishing breaking news, must-read analysis and hearty advice.

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smartcompany.com.au > technology > cyber-wardens-ending-friday-small-business-resilience

Cyber Wardens quietly coming to an end this week

5+ day, 12+ hour ago   (664+ words) Cyber Wardens, the small business cyber security education program backed by $23.4 million in government funding, will formally close on Friday. It calls on users to complete their training, download their certificates, or save copies of the provided resources. “Thank you…...


smartcompany.com.au > partner-content > if-your-it-team-is-permanently-firefighting-it-could-be-a-sign-of-a-deeper-problem

If your IT team is permanently ‘firefighting’, it could be a sign of a deeper problem

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (886+ words) For growing multi-site businesses, that tipping point usually arrives faster than anyone is expecting – and the cause is mostly structural. “You start to see it in the day to day,” says Danny Price, executive general manager of enterprise and business…...


smartcompany.com.au > artificial-intelligence > openai-reveals-ai-agents-cheated-hacked-systems-conceal-actions

OpenAI reveals its AI agents cheated, hacked systems and tried to conceal their actions

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (589+ words) AI agents created by OpenAI broke into the company’s own systems during internal tests and, in some cases, tried to conceal ‌their behaviour, the company says in a report. The findings are likely to sharpen concerns about increasingly capable AI…...


smartcompany.com.au > partner-content > busting-termites-with-tech-how-bundilla-pest-control-is-cutting-admin-with-smart-ai

Busting termites with tech: How Bundilla Pest Control is cutting admin with smart AI

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (835+ words) As the CEO of Bundilla Pest Control, founded on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast in 1985, Rheinberger leads a company deeply rooted in traditional home services. But behind the day-to-day pest work, Bundilla runs its operations on a Salesforce-powered digital backbone. Over the…...


smartcompany.com.au > retail > oz-hair-beauty-data-breach-customer-names-contact-details-exposed

Oz Hair & Beauty hit by data breach, customer names and contact details exposed

3+ week, 16+ hour ago   (631+ words) Australian omni-channel retailer Oz Hair & Beauty is investigating a data breach that briefly exposed the names and contact details for some of its customers last week. The fast-growing company confirmed to SmartCompany that its online purchase and order platform was…...


smartcompany.com.au > technology > quest-apartment-hotels-data-breach

Quest Apartment Hotels hit by data breach; customer data accessed

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (377+ words) Quest Apartment Hotels has notified customers whose data has been potentially affected by a security breach stemming from a third-party supplier. The breach, which was detected on Monday, August 17, has affected Quest customer records from before June 2025 and mostly involves…...