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Porn stars exposed in data leak

A porn site left the personal data of models completely unsecured and unencrypted. Shockingly, that data has now been leaked.

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MIAMI, FL - AUGUST 14: In this photo illustration, the dating app Tinder is seen on the screen of an iPhone on August 14, 2018 in Miami, Florida. The co-founders of Tinder and eight other former and current executives of the dating app are suing the service's current owners for at least $2 billion. (Photo illustration by Joe Raedle/Getty Images) == FOR NEWSPAPERS, INTERNET, TELCOS & TELEVISION USE ONLY ==

70,000 Tinder images of women shared

Tens of thousands of images are being shared by a cyber-crime website, and women appear to have been primarily targeted.

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epa05960674 A programer shows a sample of a ransomware cyberattack on a laptop in Taipei, Taiwan, 13 May, 2017. According to news reports, a 'WannaCry' ransomware cyber attack hits thousands of computers in 99 countries encrypting files from affected computer units and demanding 300 US dollars through bitcoin to decrypt the files. EPA/RITCHIE B. TONGO

Massive Windows 10 flaw found

Almost a billion devices have been vulnerable to vicious malware that looks legit. In an unprecedented move, it’s now being fixed.

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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.

Millions of computers now vulnerable

The computer you’re using could now be vulnerable to cyber attacks after Microsoft ended support, but there looks to be a free fix.

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Sneaky tax loophole finally closed

Massive multinational corporations have lost access to a notorious loophole they used to minimise taxes, but not the one they enjoy here.

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The man placed a Ring camera above his garage for home security. Instead it was used to terrorise his children.

Amazon sued after cameras hacked

Cloud-connected cameras are on the rise, but a new lawsuit means Amazon might have to finally get serious about securing them.

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Delete this Emirati spy app now

Millions of people downloaded an app with a similar name. If you accidentally tapped the wrong one, you were spied on from Abu Dhabi.

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Australia post scam. Picture: @mrhodes/Twitter

‘Evil’ delivery scam targeting Aussies

People ordering some last minute Christmas gifts have been warned to watch out for a sinister scam targeting Australia Post customers.

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A screenshot of the Royalty Exchange website shows how easy it is to buy royalties to songs from artists like Joey Bada$$, Jill Scott, and Jennifer Lopez

Accused scammer’s weird purchases

An accused scammer spent his alleged profits on usual mansions and cars, but he was a big fan of one particularly unconventional asset.

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Twist in $200 million crypto scam

Twist in $200 million crypto scam

A widow has been left heartbroken by an attempt to dig up her husband, who was holding almost $200 million when he “died”.

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A screen grab capturing the chilling moment a hacker speaks to an eight-year-old child through the smart security camera in her bedroom

Creepy find in girl’s bedroom

A mum thought she was helping to keep her family safe but within four days she made a horror discovery in a hard to watch video.

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Netflix, Disney+ in the crosshairs

Overseas streaming giants could soon have to play by the same rules as local broadcasters and put more Aussies on screen.

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Footage of BBC News political editor Laura Kuenssberg was edited to make it seem like a quote from Boris Johnson was her own words.

‘Completely unacceptable’ ads banned

Two of the biggest advertising platforms in the world have blocked a misleading political ad, but not because it wasn’t accurate.

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YouTube boss’ hypocritical rule

YouTube’s boss thinks the algorithm that shows kids disturbing content and gratifies paedophiles is only OK for other people’s children.

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FILE - In this Dec. 6, 2018, file photo, a man lights a cigarette outside a Huawei retail shop in Beijing. The Federal Communications Commission on Friday, Nov. 22, 2019 voted, 5-0, to bar U.S. telecommunications providers from using government subsidies to pay for networking equipment from companies that are a threat to national security. The agency says Chinaâ€™s Huawei and ZTE pose such a threat. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)

Big problem with banning tech

Australia was the first country in the world to ban this technology from one specific supplier, but could that risk us falling behind?

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The Singaporean government released a screenshot of the post with a dramatic stamp declaring it false.

Facebook post sparks fake news fury

An Australian resident could face up to 10 years in a foreign jail after refusing to comply with a controversial fake news law on Facebook.

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John Martin Hill will spend the next seven years behind bars. Picture: Gwinnet County Police Department

BMW driving love scammer jailed

He told women he was a millionaire when he had less than ten dollars to his name. Now he’s swapping his luxury sedan for a cell.

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Google staff stage a walkout at the company's UK headquarters in London on November 1, 2018 as part of a global campaign over the US tech giant's handling of sexual harassment. - Hundreds of employees walked out of Google's European headquarters in Dublin on Thursday as part of a global campaign over the US tech giant's handling of sexual harassment that saw similar protests in London and Singapore. (Photo by Tolga Akmen / AFP)

Reason Google fired four workers

Employees have a legal right to organise a union at their workplace, so why is Google firing them when they try to do so?

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Hope Aroke posing with cars he brought from the profits.

Shocking place man made a million

Hope Aroke’s victims would be surprised he’s not a computer science student. Wait until you hear where he ran his scams from.

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Tim Berners-Lee, the man who invented the Internet's World Wide Web, in his Massachusetts Institute of Technology office, in Cambridge, Mass, with his original web server.

Web inventor’s plan to save internet

Sir Tim Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web you’re reading this on. Now he has a plan to fix where the internet’s gone wrong.

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Creepy discovery on parking fine

Ben Graham was creeped out when a parking fine arrived in the post because he doesn’t have a car. Things only got weirder from there.

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‘I paid my ex $200/month for 4 years’

Victims of this disgusting scam are being blackmailed by hackers and ex-lovers alike, so why isn’t anything being done to stop them?

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Dangers lurking in your terms and conditions

Aussies are unhappy with the way websites are selling their personal information to companies – but most of them have no idea how bad it is.

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‘Is Google capable of telling the truth?’

Google’s sacred algorithm is key to its search function, but it’s now accused of buckling to big business, interest groups and governments.

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The money PayPal doesn’t want

PayPal has made billions carving off thin slivers of transactions for years now, but there’s one payment it doesn’t want a piece of.

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John McAfee is wanted in the US on rape, murder and tax fraud allegations

Insane life of antivirus mogul McAfee

Sex, gun and drug-fuelled antivirus mogul John McAfee is on the run again — months after a court found him liable for “torture and murder”.

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Punters warned: ‘withdraw funds now’

They take in $400 million a year and rob Australia of $100 million in taxes, but now internet providers will be forced to block them.

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(FILES) In this file photo taken on October 1, 2019 in Lille shows the logos of mobile apps Facebook and Google displayed on a tablet. - Facebook on October 3, 2019 launched Threads, an image-centric messaging app designed to weave tight circles of Instagram friends together, while ramping up its challenge to rival Snapchat. Threads is its own separate smartphone app, but ties into lists of

Two words Facebook, Google ban

The mere mention of this person will get your content scrubbed from Facebook and Google, but one tech platform has no problem.

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Why you should use a VPN

Protecting yourself and your data online has never been more important, and there’s an easy and cheap way you can do so.

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London, UK - July 31, 2018: The buttons of the travel app Airbnb, surrounded by Amazon, ebay, News and other apps on the screen of an iPhone.

Party house ban after deadly shooting

Owners of a million-dollar house thought they were renting to victims of devastating bushfires but a video doorbell revealed the truth.

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