Julie Lewis
Julie Lewis is the Features Editor of The Sydney Morning Herald.
American Express ordered to fix security gaps after customer was spied on
After a four-year battle, a customer who blew the whistle has been vindicated, but the full details of the case remain secret.
- Harriet Alexander and Julie Lewis
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Far-reaching gag order means we will never know how bad security is at AMEX
The privacy commissioner formed a preliminary opinion that American Express was not protecting its customers from insider threats to their security. Then the credit card company’s lawyers got to work.
- Harriet Alexander and Julie Lewis
‘Are you OK?’ When the pulling power of a rip and the pounding surf take their toll
Brimming with start-of-the-holidays zest, my husband and child had plunged into the surf. The rip was far from their minds. That was a mistake.
- Julie Lewis
- Exclusive
- Investigations
‘Sensitive personal information’: Leaked report reveals American Express security failures
The privacy watchdog wants American Express to overhaul its technology systems after a lengthy investigation found they were exposed to insider threats.
- Charlotte Grieve and Julie Lewis
‘I threw the brush away’: How Loribelle made a joyous breakthrough
Born in Manila, a school girl in Mount Pritchard, Loribelle Spirovski has overcome the difficulties of the last few years to create magic.
- Julie Lewis
My ‘insane’ attempt to spend a month in Europe with only carry-on bags
Purists and travel pros would scoff at my workarounds, but I managed to travel light.
- Julie Lewis
Why you shouldn’t miss Oslo’s most masochistic pastime
Long before Wim Hof touted the benefits of ice baths, these people knew subjecting your body to temperature extremes felt good – once you got over the buttock-clenching shock.
- Julie Lewis
- Opinion
- Domestic violence
Behind the locked doors of a DV safe room wasn’t my life, until suddenly it was
I spent a morning surrounded by women whose once-normal lives had been turned into nightmares by their partners.
- Julie Lewis
- Opinion
- Voice to parliament
A painful silence: The family secret my grandparents took to their graves
I keenly feel the loss of the stories I will never know about my grandfather’s life, people and heritage.
- Julie Lewis
- Opinion
- Coronavirus pandemic
Our daughter’s home detention is over - may our joy go viral
There may have been some tears, but we realised we were privileged in many ways when it came to fighting COVID.
- Julie Lewis