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Vodafone takes ACCC to court over roaming inquiry

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Claims process has been flawed.

Centrelink investigating DoS attacks after 42 million calls get blocked

By Allie Coyne

Suspects redial apps as well as malice.

Coding errors in WannaCry can help unscramble files

By Juha Saarinen

Faulty file deletion logic in malware works in users' favour.

The govt's internet gateway program could be on the chopping block

By Allie Coyne

Does ageing policy wield a strong enough stick?

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rycrozier

rycrozier

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NBN Co charts its history: 2010- design and construction began. Next milestone, apparently, not til 2013. It's MTM. https://t.co/5uJ8DHhDfp

 

rycrozier

rycrozier

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Yes, I'm pretty sure between 2010 and 2013 on the NBN, nothing of note happened.

 

alliecoyne

Allie Coyne

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Only 18 Australian organisations reported being victims of WannaCry, @macgibbon says. Most just restored back-ups and were fine.

 

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50-70 percent of messages Gmail receives are spam https://t.co/MxGDqnb0kh

 

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More and more #TechSupportScams use history.pushState() that still freezes Google Chrome. Background info:… https://t.co/kP9Iew1JxF

 

NewtonMark

Mark Newton

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This is appalling. What is it with this Government and privacy? #CensusFAIL data tracking, #dataretention, now this? https://t.co/8tNGiVkFyX

 

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Dear President Trump, as some of the largest companies in the US, we strongly urge you to keep the US in the Paris… https://t.co/vAbrK2Xnvp

 
 
 
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August 21, 2017

 
 
 

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