Allie Coyne

Allie Coyne is a Sydney-based journalist and the editor of iTnews.

Coyne started on iTnews in 2013 after almost two years running the website of technology channel publication CRN.

Coyne won best new journalist in the 2013 Microsoft IT Journalism Awards, and was named best business technology journalist at the same awards in 2015, again in 2016, and won best security journalist in 2018. She left iTnews in 2018.

Recent articles by Allie Coyne

How the CIA hacked into air-gapped networks

How the CIA hacked into air-gapped networks

WikiLeaks dump reveals Brutal Kangaroo toolkit.
Allie Coyne Jun 23 2017 9:34AM Security
British police arrest two men for hacking Microsoft

British police arrest two men for hacking Microsoft

Suspected to be part of global gang.
Allie Coyne Jun 23 2017 9:08AM Security
Revealed: Another storage crash behind latest ATO outage

Revealed: Another storage crash behind latest ATO outage

Contractor scrambling to restore from back-up.
Allie Coyne Jun 22 2017 3:30PM Software
NSW appoints full-time privacy commissioner

NSW appoints full-time privacy commissioner

Brings in health privacy executive.
Allie Coyne Jun 22 2017 2:02PM Strategy
Ransomware strikes Victorian speed cameras

Ransomware strikes Victorian speed cameras

Latest victim of WannaCry.
Allie Coyne Jun 22 2017 11:34AM Security
ATO battles another online outage

ATO battles another online outage

Sites down, cause unclear.
Allie Coyne Jun 22 2017 11:11AM Software
AEC's ageing IT poses 'unacceptable risks' to election integrity

AEC's ageing IT poses 'unacceptable risks' to election integrity

Agency needs more money, fast.
Allie Coyne Jun 22 2017 6:27AM Software
Govt rejects damning report on DHS' robodebt program

Govt rejects damning report on DHS' robodebt program

Won't make further changes to the process.
Allie Coyne Jun 21 2017 9:14PM Software
Australia ends GST-free threshold for online low-value goods

Australia ends GST-free threshold for online low-value goods

But delays implementation by a year.
Allie Coyne Jun 21 2017 12:57PM Software
SA Health takes disaster recovery gamble to save money

SA Health takes disaster recovery gamble to save money

Pathology systems overhaul running over time, budget.
Allie Coyne Jun 20 2017 5:27PM Software
NSW govt splashes $178m on emergency comms overhaul

NSW govt splashes $178m on emergency comms overhaul

Funding marks go-ahead for full rollout.
Allie Coyne Jun 20 2017 2:07PM Telco/ISP
The NSW govt's budget was delivered on its new Oracle finance system

The NSW govt's budget was delivered on its new Oracle finance system

State moves towards outcome budgeting.
Allie Coyne Jun 20 2017 1:36PM Software
DWS bows out of bid for SMS M&T

DWS bows out of bid for SMS M&T

Decides against making counter offer.
Allie Coyne Jun 20 2017 7:02AM Strategy
Woolworths CTO quits for healthcare

Woolworths CTO quits for healthcare

Updated: Change of scenery.
Allie Coyne Jun 19 2017 5:43PM Strategy
Australia has a STEM 'decay curve'

Australia has a STEM 'decay curve'

Lack of teachers means kids aren't taking up science and maths.
Allie Coyne Jun 19 2017 12:55PM Training & Development
Ombudsman stunned by Vic CIO's 'calculated nepotism'

Ombudsman stunned by Vic CIO's 'calculated nepotism'

Case sent to police.
Allie Coyne Jun 19 2017 10:31AM Strategy
NSW Police signs five-year, $55m deal with IBM

NSW Police signs five-year, $55m deal with IBM

Bundles up support and taps into new products.
Allie Coyne Jun 19 2017 6:45AM Software
British hacker pleads guilty to stealing US military data

British hacker pleads guilty to stealing US military data

Took info on 800 Defense department staff.
Allie Coyne Jun 16 2017 11:45AM Security
Qld govt ordered to pay $17m back to Telstra

Qld govt ordered to pay $17m back to Telstra

After court finds state rental lease laws invalid.
Allie Coyne Jun 15 2017 4:00PM Telco/ISP
Bidding war sparked for SMS M&T

Bidding war sparked for SMS M&T

Board decides it likes ASG's bid better than offer from DWS.
Allie Coyne Jun 15 2017 11:15AM Strategy

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