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Why is Optus holding so much customer data?

When it comes to holding our most intimate secrets, Optus is no island

While there is a legitimate debate around an individual company’s responsibility to keep customer data secure, it is easy to gloss over the more fundamental issue: what are they doing with it in the first place?

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Former National Security Agency systems analyst Edward Snowden was granted Russian citizenship.

Russia gives citizenship to ex-NSA contractor Edward Snowden

The former contractor with the US National Security Agency has been living in Russia since 2013 to escape prosecution in the US.

Beijing and Washington have been engaged in increasingly testy claims of cyberspying.

China accuses US of hacking into space research

Beijing and Washington have been engaged in increasingly testy claims of cyberspying.

  • Sarah Zheng

Journalists, activists and leaders ‘targets of mass Pegasus hacks’

Among those hacked by Israeli-based spyware were the fiancee of murdered journalist Jamal Khashoggi, and journalists from AP, Reuters, CNN, The Wall Street Journal, Le Monde and The Financial Times.

  • Frank Bajak
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, pictured leaving court last year.

Morrison says Assange could come home if all charges were dropped

Geoffrey Robertson, QC, has called on Australia to ask US President Donald Trump to pardon the Wikileaks founder.

  • Latika Bourke
Former National Security Agency systems analyst Edward Snowden speaks in Moscow.

Snowden granted permanent residency in Russia, says lawyer

Snowden, who has kept a low profile in Russia, said last year that he was willing to return to the US if he's guaranteed a free trial.

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Former national security adviser John Bolton has said he is prepared to testify if subpoenaed.

Bolton critique of Trump could define tell-all book battles

The teams for John Bolton and President Donald Trump are facing off in the US District Court in Washington, adding the former national security adviser to a long list of authors who have clashed with the White House over publishing sensitive material.

Tech workers play soccer in San Jose, in Silicon Valley in California's Bay Area.

An insider's account of the Silicon Valley startup scene

Anna Wiener quit her job as an assistant at a literary agency to head to the heart of the tech in San Francisco.

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Edward Snowden broke his agreements with the US government, a judge has ruled.

US government can take Edward Snowden book money, judge rules

Snowden is liable for breach of contract with the government because he published the book without submitting it for a pre-publication review, the judge ruled.

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US government wants money from Edward Snowden book

The Justice Department is not attempting to limit the book's distribution but is asking a judge to allow the government to collect all the proceeds from book.

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