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Hackers access student emails, passwords in major school data breach
2+ hour, 22+ min ago (264+ words) Hackers have accessed names, email addresses and encrypted passwords of current and former students at all Victorian government schools. The education department said it had identified "the point of the breach" and that "safeguards" had been put in place. Hackers…...
Cyber attacks that occurred this year and how you can protect your data
2+ week, 3+ day ago (977+ words) It's been a big year of cyber attacks, with millions of Australians losing personal data to tech savvy criminals. No industry was immune, with the finance sector, health service providers, and the Australian government seeing the most attacks in the…...
Thousands of Australians losing free-to-air tv access, facing internet issues
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (1105+ words) Customers of a private fibre-optic network provider say in addition to experiencing regular internet outages, some are also losing access to free-to-air television over their existing technology." The changes to free-to-air television will impact about 50,000 Opticomm customers across the country,…...
Perth family still don't know if father's death was linked to Optus Triple Zero outage
2+ mon, 20+ hour ago (90+ words) Follow the latest news headlines from Australia's most trusted source. Read in-depth expert analysis and watch live coverage on ABC News. VIDEO: Perth family still don't know if father's death was linked to Optus Triple Zero outage The family of…...
Communities given generators to save mobile coverage during emergencies
3+ mon, 11+ hour ago (715+ words) A fire at Green Range this year damaged infrastructure and cut power to the mobile phone tower. " (ABC Great Southern: Andrew Chounding") A pilot project in WA will train community members to install generators to service mobile phone towers in…...
Seeing like Meta: Smart glasses and the ethics of augmented reality
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (409+ words) Ryan Stanton, Ben Egliston, Marcus Carter, Joanne Gray and Wenqi Tan Meta pitches the device as a leap beyond its earlier Ray-Ban Stories " which amounted little more than a camera for social media " towards something closer to a smartphone worn…...
How is the triple-0 network supposed to work?
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (937+ words) The emergency number in Australia is triple-0. (ABC News: Dannielle Maguire) In September, an Optus network outage stopped some customers from calling triple-0. With four deaths linked to the outage, the incident has prompted serious discussions about the reliability of…...
Retro gadgets stand test of time in an era of disposable tech
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (420+ words) Ron Coald with a camera used to record 3D footage. (ABC Great Southern: Rosemary Murphy) Ron Coald has loved film since he was young and has amassed a significant collection since then. "I used to collect old movie film from the…...
Hundreds of drones swarm Ukraine nightly — soon there could be thousands
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (1493+ words) Russia has been ramping up production of its Shahed-type drones and unleashing record strikes across Ukraine." (Reuters: Shamil Zhumatov) Hundreds of newly-constructed 3.5-metre black drones stand in rows inside a secretive, mass production facility in Russia's Tatarstan region." In footage…...
Robot vacuum maker Dreame's smartphone app vulnerable to hacking
4+ mon, 4+ week ago (1088+ words) A Dreame robot vacuum released in 2024, which requires the Dreame smartphone app to operate. (Supplied: Dreame) A major Chinese robot vacuum maker's smartphone app has a critical security flaw, leaving it susceptible to leaking user data and credentials if targeted…...