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‘The first bombs will definitely drop’: Full text of US military group chat scandal revealed

The Atlantic released the operational details sent by Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth to the breached Signal group after the Trump administration insisted the information wasn’t classified.

  • Michael Koziol

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Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard and CIA director John Ratcliffe were both in the Signal group chat.

Harmless ‘glitch’: Trump brushes off inclusion of journalist to military group chat

Two top national security leaders who were members of the highly sensitive Signal group chat discussing airstrikes in Yemen fronted a Senate hearing, denying that classified information had been shared.

  • Michael Koziol
Hollywood superstar Tom Cruise.

Russia v the Olympics: How hacks, bedbug scares and a fake Tom Cruise could disrupt the Games

Total meltdown or death by a thousand hacks? The Paris Games face the biggest cyber threat so far. And the fallout could reach well beyond cyberspace.

  • Sherryn Groch and Marta Pascual Juanola
The end of last year’s Melbourne Cup.

Victoria Racing Club suffers cyberattack

Chief executive Steve Rosich said “an unauthorised third party” had accessed the club’s system.

  • Lachlan Abbott
Thousands of people are thought to have been affected by the Ticketek data leak.

Customer data exposed after Ticketek ‘cyber incident’

The ticketing company wrote to Australian customers saying personal details have been compromised.

  • Ben Cubby

What I learnt from watching the Ashley Madison doco with my husband

Dating is surely something that should remain solidly human, but AI is shifting the ground rules.

  • Cherie Gilmour
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One of the “golden man” mimes that perform on the streets of Islamabad.

Is the gold mime spying on us? In Pakistan, it’s not a strange question

In Pakistan, where people live in fear of powerful security services, conspiracy theories have long been embraced. Did you know Osama Bin Laden was Jewish?

  • Christina Goldbaum
A strange glitch has hit the Qantas app this morning.

Qantas says issue that exposed customer data to others has been resolved

The software issue gave customers access to the personal information and accounts of other people.

  • Tim Biggs
LabHost primarily targeted Canadian businesses, but over the years had grown to support the targeting of victims all over the world.

5 things to know about LabHost, the fallen SMS scamming empire

An international sting operation has taken down a software platform responsible for hundreds of thousands of scam messages.

  • Tim Biggs
A Flipper Zero advertised for sale at a Brisbane pawn shop.

Police email warns new device can emulate car fobs, garage door remotes

“There is a trend developing worldwide of emerging technology that allows some devices to be able to read the codes and frequencies from electronic devices,” police said.

  • Bailey Kenzie

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