Australia has named and shamed a Chinese government-backed hacking group. The cybercriminals stole hundreds of unique usernames and passwords in one hacking incident in April 2022. It’s the first time Australia has led the charge to identify a notorious group, tracked as APT40, which has acted behalf on the People’sContinue Reading
A popular Australian content creator known online as Pretty Pastel Please has died suddenly with her death being announced on social media. The young woman, named Alexandra, was only 30 when she died. A tribute on her Instagram page said: “It is with a heavy heart that we must informContinue Reading
The family of a Perth grandmother held in a Japanese prison for alleged drug smuggling have met with Foreign Minister Penny Wong after her trial was delayed. Donna Nelson, a former Greens candidate and Indigenous community leader, has been in custody since she was arrested at Narita Airport near TokyoContinue Reading
Virgin Australia has launched a mega end-of-financial-year sale on flights to some of the globe’s top holiday destinations. Travellers can purchase discounted flights to some of Australia’s favourite holiday hotspots including the Sunshine Coast, Cairns and the Gold Coast as well as international destinations such as Fiji, Tokyo and Bali.Continue Reading
Chris Wiggs, the inventor of Polly Pocket, died peacefully on June 20 at his home in France surrounded by love and family. He was 74. Wiggs had been recently diagnosed with a rare form of neurological cancer, the New York Post, said. The East London native dreamt up the portableContinue Reading
A US Air Force soldier, aged 25, has been charged with kidnapping and raping a teenage girl under the age of 16 in Okinawa, Japan, where the largest American military base in the region is located, BBC reported.The alleged assault took place on December 24, and the soldier was identifiedContinue Reading
You might have assumed a diner with jugs of beer and trays of chicken wings served by women in teeny tiny shorts would have been cost-of-living proof. Apparently not. The famous, perhaps infamous, Hooters restaurant chain has announced that it will close more than 10 per cent of its USContinue Reading
Shares in Mexican fast-food giant Guzman y Gomez have surged after the beloved burrito business went public today, pushing the value of the growing chain to $3bn. The company’s massive initial public offering raised $335.1m from investors, which CEO and founder Steven Marks said he would use to fuel furtherContinue Reading
Political battlelines are being drawn over the Coalition’s new nuclear power push, with Australians receiving the first taste of an expected scare campaign in opposition to the controversial proposal in the run-up to the next election. Without revealing the multibillion-dollar price tag of its policy, the Coalition on Wednesday unveiledContinue Reading
BEIJING: China and the Philippines traded accusations over a maritime collision in the South China Sea on Monday, the latest in an increasingly testy series of confrontations over the disputed waters. Meanwhile, hours later, the United States said in a statement it had completed joint naval exercises in the Philippines’Continue Reading