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Qualcomm takes aim at Apple with line of wireless audio chips
Moderna, IBM team up on Covid vaccine distribution data
REA Group poaches PEXA data chief for PropTrack business
eftpos applies to become first non-govt digital ID exchange operator
NSW govt's mandatory data breach reporting scheme unlikely before 2022
arrested
AusCERT presentation riles Queensland Police
Herald story leads to police queries.
May 17 2011 7:09PM
Man charged for hacking Super Bowl feed, inserting porn
Touchdown spoiler nabbed.
Feb 9 2011 12:34PM
iPad hackers arrested, facing charges
Exploited flaw on AT&T site.
Jan 19 2011 12:47PM
WikiLeaks founder arrested in UK
Julian Assange arrested by the Metropolitan Police on accusations of sexual assault.
Dec 8 2010 9:08AM
Botnet sending Bredolab trojan dismantled, one arrested
Dutch team behind take-down.
Oct 28 2010 1:42PM
19 arrested in Zeus bank fraud bust
The PCeU has arrested 19 on suspicion of using a Zeus Trojan to steal millions from UK banks.
Sep 30 2010 2:48PM
Hacker arrested on Mariposa botnet charges
'Iserdo' picked up in Slovenia after co-ordinated international sting.
Jul 29 2010 12:59PM
German man arrested for webcam spying
Accused may have spied on over 150 girls.
Jul 20 2010 12:25PM
German man arrested for webcam spying
Accused may have spied on over 150 girls.
Jul 20 2010 9:54AM
Is the Mariposa botnet still functioning?
Claims that the Mariposa botnet is still alive.
Jun 24 2010 2:16PM
Police jail iPad data leak researcher
Goatse researcher nabbed for drug possession following raid.
Jun 17 2010 11:39AM
Police e-crime unit swoops on Zeus suspects
Pair arrested over Trojan bank account scam.
Nov 19 2009 9:38AM
Turkish hacker arrested by FBI made video giving tips for installing ATM skimmers
A Turkish hacker known as "Chao" and arrested as part of the FBI operation against underground forum DarkMarket produced his own training videos. You can watch it here.
Oct 29 2008 10:11AM
22 arrested in hacking ring
Inspector le Knackeur swoops
May 30 2008 10:05AM
Team of Spanish hackers arrested
Spanish authorities charged a team of young hackers with infiltrating more than 20,000 web pages, including one belonging to NASA.
May 20 2008 8:32AM
Hacker arrested accused of stealing and selling weapons data
Authorities have arrested a 58-year-old man in Greece they said hacked into computer systems of France's Dassault Group for more than five years, stole sensitive weapons technology data, and sold it to a variety of countries.
Jan 31 2008 10:22AM
Australia-wide online child predator network dismantled
Australian Police have sent out a strong warning to online child predators that want to hide behind the “anonymity of the Internet” to disseminate harmful material against children.
Dec 17 2007 6:52AM
Florida man arrested after huge data theft
A senior database administrator in the US has admitted stealing the details of 8.5 million customers over a period of five years..
Dec 6 2007 6:58AM
Embassy email 'hacker' arrested
A Swedish hacker who uncovered a security flaw in an email system used by embassies around the world has been arrested..
Nov 19 2007 7:25AM
WabiSabiLabi founder in custody with Italian authorities
Italian authorities are holding the founder of WabiSabiLabi, an eBay-like online marketplace for buying and selling zero-day vulnerabilities.
Nov 14 2007 10:13AM
