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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