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Employees remaining at Twitter following Elon Musk’s takeover have been delivered some unexpected news about their work lunches.

Musk refuses to pay for $400 Twitter lunches

Employees remaining at Twitter following Elon Musk’s takeover have been delivered some unexpected news about their work lunches.

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Six-figure career desperate for workers

One profession is experiencing a significant shortage despite soaring salaries being offered and a rising demand for their work.

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MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos NOVEMBER 10, 2022 : The hackers behind the major Medibank data breach have released their $15 million ransom demand, revealing they asked the health insurer for US $1 per impacted customer. At least 9.7 million Australians have been caught up in the breach Ã including 5.1 million Medibank customers.Picture NCA NewsWire / Ian Currie

Big question Medibank has to answer

Medibank could be forced to compensate customers affected by its massive data breach if a high profile law firm gets its way.

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - Newswire Photos -November 09, 2022;A general view of the Medibank store in Sydney as Medibank hack worsens. Hackers have followed through with a threat to leak more highly personal health data of Medibank customers, posting them overnight on the dark web. Picture: NCA Newswire / Gaye Gerard

Demand to Russia over Medibank hackers

Russian hackers have been identified as the perpetrators of the Medibank breach, prompting a demand from the AFP.

ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos June 21, 2021: A generic picture of Telstra signage in Adelaide. Major telco companies are slapping Australians with higher fees and plans. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has unveiled new research indicating Telstra, Vodafone and Optus have all inflated the cost of plans since July last year: NCA NewsWire / David Mariuz

Eye-watering fine for internet speed lie

Australia’s three largest internet providers have been handed whopping fines for making misleading statements in ads about their NBN speeds.

CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA - NOVEMBER 8: Director General of DSD Rachel Noble attends The Foreign Affairs, Defence, and Trade Legislation Committee Budget Estimates at Parliament House in Canberra. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Martin Ollman

‘Get a second phone’: Spy boss’ warning

One of Australia’s top spy chiefs has issued a big warning about social media apps like TikTok.

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - Newswire Photos -November 08, 2022; Dennis Su (wearing the red tie), is seen leaving the Downing centre Court in Sydney. Su intends to plead guilty over his role in a text scam that demanded money from dozens of Optus customers whose data was leaked online following the massive hack. Picture: NCA Newswire / Gaye Gerard

Tiny detail that exposed Optus blackmailer

A teen wanted to make “quick money” when he blackmailed nearly 100 people with personal information stolen during the Optus data breach, a court heard.

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Moment Kochie explodes on live TV

David Koch was speaking to Assistant Treasurer Stephen Jones on Sunrise when he lost it.

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Speed camera prank enrages drivers

Drivers have been left fuming after a comedy duo staged a speed camera prank with potentially costly consequences.

Auction by Harcourts Real Estate at 8 Eva Place, Epping, Saturday, Aug. 31, 2019. Picture: Andy Brownbill

Cause of real estate cyber attack revealed

An Australian real estate agency has revealed the simple mistake that led to hackers exposing the names and addresses of tenants.

All businesses are at risk from costly cybercrime. Ethical hacker - Wayne Ronaldson will give a Be Cyber Smart presentation as part of NT October Business Month.

Cyber attack targets school students

Hackers have targeted large numbers of school students in a terrifying breach of confidential data.

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‘Cunning and deplorable’ scam tricking kids

Aussie teenagers are being targeted in a “cunning and manipulative” scam organised by overseas criminal syndicates.

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‘Chilling’: Influencers’ political posts reviewed

Influencers taking to TikTok and Instagram to discuss their political views have come under the microscope at an inquiry.

CAMBRIDGE, MA - MAY 25: Facebook Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg delivers the commencement address at the Alumni Exercises at Harvard's 366th commencement exercises on May 25, 2017 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Zuckerberg studied computer science at Harvard before leaving to move Facebook to Paolo Alto, CA. He returned to the campus this week to his former dorm room and live streamed his visit. (Photo by Paul Marotta/Getty Images)

‘Tone-deaf’ Zuckerberg act ‘disgusts’ backers

Meta’s stock has plunged 72 per cent since January and investors are venting their fury at “tone-deaf” CEO Mark Zuckerberg.

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A woman has recalled coming dangerously close to a possible abduction through a message exchange with a person who found her on Facebook Marketplace.

Scary Marketplace ordeal prompts warning

A woman has recalled coming dangerously close to a possible abduction through a message exchange with a person who found her on Facebook Marketplace.

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Pope Francis addresses pilgrims during his weekly general audience in Saint Peter's Square at the Vatican on October 26, 2022. (Photo by Vincenzo PINTO / AFP)

Pope Francis’ surprising porn admission

Pope Francis made a surprising admission about priests and nuns while speaking about the dangers of online pornography at a Vatican meeting.

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos JULY 27, 2021: Generic photo of Medibank in Bourke Street, Melbourne. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Paul Jeffers

Medibank hack: What customers can do next

Here are the steps millions of worried Medibank customers can take after their data was compromised in a cyber attack.

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Why Aussies hit harder by hackers

As major companies grapple with huge cyber attacks that saw the data of millions of Aussies stolen, one expert says there’s a reason we’re being hit so hard.

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese attends a meeting with Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong at Parliament House in Canberra on October 18, 2022. (Photo by LUKAS COCH / POOL / AFP)

Huge plan to fix Australia’s terrible wi-fi

Australia’s embattled National Broadband Network will receive a big upgrade in the upcoming federal budget, with wi-fi access to improve for millions.

The enormous cost of the Bureau of Meteorology’s rebranding has been revealed as the move is shot down by Environment minister Tanya Plibersek.

Eye-watering cost of BoM’s name stuff up

The enormous cost of the Bureau of Meteorology’s rebranding has been revealed as the move is shot down by Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek.

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Elon Musk has extened a major olive branch to Ukraine by keeping Starlink connected.

‘Hell with it: Musk makes major Ukraine call

After weeks of tension between Ukraine and Tech Billionaire Elon Musk, a recent development could rekindle the friendship.

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MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos JULY 27, 2021: Generic photo of Medibank in Bourke Street, Melbourne. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Paul Jeffers

Medibank reveals ‘cyber incident’

A private health insurance provider has been hit by a “cyber incident”, with advice released on what it will mean for customers.

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Google reveals Australia’s top searches

Google has aired 20 years of dirty laundry, revealing exactly what we’ve been searching over the last two decades.

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos APRIL 1, 2022: Optus CEO Kelly Bayer-Rosmarin pictured at the Optus store on George Street in the Sydney CBD.Picture: NCA NewsWire / Damian Shaw

Optus chief’s big call on data hack

Optus chief executive Kelly Bayer Rosmarin has made a big call on the next step in the telco’s data hack scandal.

DAILY TELEGRAPH 26TH SEPTEMBER 2022Pictured is Parramatta Eels player Mitchell Moses posing for a photo with a fan who had been watching on at the Parramatta Eels training ground in Kellyville during an open training session ahead of this weekends 2022 NRL Grand Final against the Penrith Panthers.Picture: Richard Dobson

eBay whacked over Grand Final tickets

NSW’s strict Fair Trading laws have come down hard on eBay, with the e-commerce website fined over marked-up NRL Grand Final tickets.

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - Newswire Photos - September 27, 2022:A general view of the Optus Store on Sydney's North shore after a major hack caused the details of up to 9.8 million customers to be compromised. Picture: NCA Newswire/ Gaye Gerard

Optus to pay for new Aussie passports

Optus will pay the cost of replacement passports for Australians caught up in a major data breach that compromised the personal details of millions.

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Minister slaps down Optus’s hack claim

Speaking on television on Monday night, Cyber Security Minister Clare O’Neil brushed off one of Optus’s claims in the wake of its security breach.

Detectives from Argos have charged a 30-year-old man (right) with child sex offences as part of an investigation into the use of social media accounts to groom children. Following an extensive investigation and forensic examination of equipment seized during the execution of search warrant in the Springfield area in March, the man was arrested yesterday at the Brisbane International Airport returning from overseas, after being stopped by Australian Border Force officers., Police will allege the man posed as a 14-year-old boy to engage multiple female children to provide child exploitation material, with attempts to meet at least one child for sexual intercourse., The man was charged with possess child exploitation material, groom child under 16 to engage in sexual act, use internet to procure child under 16 – intentionally meeting child and two counts of grooming child under 16 – expose to indecent matter. Vision Queensland Police/AFP

Man ‘posed as boy to get child sex pics’: cops

A man pretended to be a 14-year-old boy online to trick underage girls into sending him indecent photos, police allege.

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos MAY 25, 2022: Generic telecommunications images. Optus retail shop on Bourke Street in Melbourne. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Andrew Henshaw

What to do if you’re an Optus customer

Days after a huge cyber attack compromised the personal details of nearly 10 million Australians, Optus’ CEO has only two words of advice.

Google pays tribute to Elizabeth II.

Why Google has gone grey today

People using Google today will be greeted with a muted but touching display of respect in honour of Britain’s longest serving monarch.

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