Cam Wilson
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Australian Politicians Keep Falling For Telegram Scams
Australia’s top diplomats are acting on the assumption that their phones have been hacked after the identities of multiple Australian politicians have been used as part of sophisticated phishing attacks on Telegram. Two weeks ago, Australian Finance Minister Simon Birmingham referred a Telegram account to the police after contacts of the senior politician had been…
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Here’s How Labor Is Promising To Make Electric Vehicles Cheaper
Labor has promised to make electric vehicles cheaper by dropping tariffs and taxes on many models if it wins at the next election. On Wednesday, the Australian Labor Party announced its electric vehicles policy at their national conference, as the party lays out its agenda in the lead-up to what most assume will be a…
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The ACT’s Electronic Vote Counting Messed Up The Last Election Result
The Australian Capital Territory’s electoral commission has quietly acknowledged that the electronic vote counting system used in the ACT election miscounted the votes, losing 16 votes for at least one candidate. On Monday, Thinking Cybersecurity CEO and cryptographer Vanessa Teague tweeted that an updated distribution of preferences for the ACT Legislative Assembly’s election results had…
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Parliament House And Nine Were The Target Of Suspected Cyber Attacks
It was an awful weekend to be an IT manager. Both Parliament House and the Nine Network were the subjects of potential cyber attacks that are currently under investigation. On Sunday, Assistant Defence Minister Andrew Hastie released a statement saying the Australian Cyber Security Centre is assisting the Department of Parliament Services with an investigation…