In the wake of Optus, Medibank and other big-business data breaches, Australians are rightly concerned about how their personal or financial information may be misused.
And that risk is only getting worse. An alarming 17% of Australians have experienced their personal information being misused in the past year, according to a survey by the Australian Institute of Criminology - and 78% of respondents who reported victimisation in the past year experienced a financial loss as a result.