Australian hacker arrested

An Australian teenager and a 17-year-old Dutch boy have been arrested in a multinational sting operation targeting online hacking. The boys were arrested last week after a tip off from a Korean student, who said to have been in a university chat-room when someone claimed to have hacked in to…

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Australian E*Trade site felled by DDoS attack

The Australian ANZ E*Trade share trading website has admitted it suffered serious disruption for over the Christmas period after being hit by a DDoS attack. The attack appears to have started affecting mostly overseas customers around 19 December, leaving some unable to access the platform for up to two weeks….

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RSA SecurID token attack hits Australian companies

The aftermath of the RSA SecurID token attack which occurred in March and led to the replacement of thousands of tokens, has continued with the revelation that customers of Australian Internet service providers, including Telstra and iiNet, may have been compromised. This was because hackers used the same command and…

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