Liz Tay

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Liz Tay is a journalist from Sydney, Australia. With a background in physics, she is most interested in stories about scientific or technological R&D.

A long-time technology enthusiast, Tay joined the IT journalism industry in June 2006. She has been writing for iTnews in various roles since late 2007, and currently reports on all things business IT for iTnews, CRN, and SC Magazine.

Besides shiny gadgets and reporting, she is a fan of loud music and harbours an insatiable love for travel.



Recent articles by Liz Tay

ANZ botches bank statement fix 

ANZ botches bank statement fix

In Risk - By Liz Tay, 13 January 2012 9:51 AM
Shuts down online statements service within 24 hours.
Police use hacker forum material as training manuals 

Police use hacker forum material as training manuals

In Hackers - By Liz Tay, 24 November 2011 2:15 PM
Strike forces identify 'plenty of young Aussies' underground.
Microsoft global cloud blacks out 

Microsoft global cloud blacks out

In Networks - By Liz Tay, Ry Crozier, 9 September 2011 3:52 PM
Multiple DNS entries down as power cut sweeps US, Mexico.
Fair punishment for data breaches? 

Fair punishment for data breaches?

In Risk - By Liz Tay, 19 August 2011 4:35 PM
Stakeholders ponder penalties and mandatory notification laws.
Code of conduct breaches drop at Human Services 

Code of conduct breaches drop at Human Services

In Risk - By Liz Tay, 1 August 2011 11:11 AM
Data matching, staff and customer complaints spark investigations.
Self-service passwords cuts costs for Optus 

Self-service passwords cuts costs for Optus

In Networks - By Liz Tay, 26 July 2011 9:26 AM
Curbs 'bad behaviour' among outsourcers and employees.
Victoria, WA sign on to national ID service 

Victoria, WA sign on to national ID service

In Networks - By Liz Tay, 11 July 2011 4:22 PM
Document Verification Service expands after critical 2010 audit.
Defence staff to be named ICT professionals of the year 

Defence staff to be named ICT professionals of the year

In Risk - By Liz Tay, 31 May 2011 3:06 PM
Afghani and ERP deployments in line for Government award.
Facebook deploys PhotoDNA to scan for child abuse material 

Facebook deploys PhotoDNA to scan for child abuse material

In Web/client - By Liz Tay, 24 May 2011 12:39 AM
Joins Microsoft in image-matching initiative.
Australia moves closer to European cybercrime treaty 

Australia moves closer to European cybercrime treaty

In Hackers - By Liz Tay, 12 May 2011 8:43 AM
Parliamentary committee banks on European privacy safeguards.
Data theft prompts PlayStation Network outage 

Data theft prompts PlayStation Network outage

In Risk - By Liz Tay, Liam Tung, 27 April 2011 11:16 AM
Did Sony shut down PSN to stymie pirates or to protect customer data?
Integration issues halt Vic Police's LINK project 

Integration issues halt Vic Police's LINK project

In Crypto - By Liz Tay, 20 April 2011 1:59 PM
Five-year-old project needs $100m extra funding.
Researchers propose cyberwar framework 

Researchers propose cyberwar framework

In Hackers - By Liz Tay, 20 April 2011 12:05 PM
Honeypots, web mining lead counter-terrorism offensive.
Data thieves target smaller prey 

Data thieves target smaller prey

In Crypto - By Liz Tay, 19 April 2011 2:01 PM
Best not to be the slowest runner, Verizon reports.
Serco employee suspected of Victoria Police breach 

Serco employee suspected of Victoria Police breach

In Crypto - By Liz Tay, 15 April 2011 9:33 AM
Man accused of adjusting 67,541 traffic infringement records.
Man arrested for meddling in Victoria Police camera data 

Man arrested for meddling in Victoria Police camera data

In Crypto - By Liz Tay, 14 April 2011 9:46 AM
Outsourced staffer adjusts 60,000 records of red light and speeding offences.
Servers Australia builds NSW disaster recovery centre 

Servers Australia builds NSW disaster recovery centre

In Crypto - By Liz Tay, 11 April 2011 8:45 AM
Plans $500,000 expansion to Tuggerah data centre.
Payment industry calls for EMV-compliant ATMs 

Payment industry calls for EMV-compliant ATMs

In Risk - By Liz Tay, 4 April 2011 2:16 PM
Fear of skimming to drive compliance.
Hacker: Avionics vulnerable to next-gen attacks 

Hacker: Avionics vulnerable to next-gen attacks

In Applications - By Liz Tay, 1 April 2011 12:26 PM
Stuxnet concepts could give terrorists remote control.
Ex-Commissioner calls for privacy restructure 

Ex-Commissioner calls for privacy restructure

In Risk - By Liz Tay, 31 March 2011 12:57 PM
Unnecessary ID requirements could drive a criminal market.
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