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  • Enterprise IT, News - Jun 20, 2013 12:12 - 6 Comments

    Hacked? NSW Education in major outage

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    news The NSW Department of Education and Communities has confirmed it has suffered a major event in its IT operation this week that knocked key staff services such as email offline, with an an unverified source claiming it had been hacked and suffered the deletion of thousands of accounts.

    The department is one of the largest employers in NSW, with about 100,000 staff listed in its 2012 annual report, including some 61,000 school teachers and a further 10,000 more working in TAFE colleges across the state. It daily serves the needs of around 750,000 school students and several hundred thousand more TAFE students. Because of this, the department is also one of the largest buyers and users of technology goods and services nationally.

    On Tuesday night, Delimiter received an anonymous tip stating that DEC had been “hacked”, with approximately 139,000 accounts deleted”. The tipster stated that this meant that the department was unable to conduct staff authentication of accounts into its systems, meaning teachers would be locked out of teaching resources and central departmental staff out of management resources. Continue…

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    Internet, News, Security, Telecommunications - Jun 20, 2013 14:20 - 8 Comments

    Rejected: Labor to block Greens warrants bill

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    news The Labor Federal Government has flatly rejected legislation introduced this week that would see Australian law enforcement agencies blocked from obtaining access to telecommunications records without a warrant, stating that such regulations would “critically impede national security and law enforcement investigations”.

    The bill, introduced by Greens Senator and Communications Spokesperson Scott Ludlam into the Senate this week, would not prevent law enforcement and intelligence agencies from accessing material through telecommunications interception practices in order to carry out their functions; however, it would require that they obtain a warrant from a source such as a member of the judiciary before being able to access such information.

    The Greens have brought the bill as community fears have constantly grown both in Australia and globally over the past several years as a series of leaks and government disclosures have revealed how law enforcement agencies are increasingly using telecommunications interception practices to gather data on residents of their own countries, as well as those overseas.

    The use of this information is currently skyrocketing in such law enforcement organisations. According to the latest Telecommunications Interceptions and Access Act (TIA) annual report, Australian law enforcement agencies were granted access to personal information about Australians 293,501 times throughout the 2011-12 year, without obtaining a warrant or having any judicial oversight. Continue…

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    Blog, Gadgets - Jun 19, 2013 15:32 - 6 Comments

    BlackBerry Q10 hits Australia July 1

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    blog I’m honestly not sure how many people care at this point — are hardware keyboards still a thing? Is BlackBerry still a thing? But in case you do care — perhaps you’ve never been able to accept software keyboards as legitimate, or just don’t trust other brands, given BlackBerry’s history in large corporations and in government — you would no doubt be interested to know that the BlackBerry Q10 is shortly to launch in Australia. A media release issued by the Canadian company today tells us:

    The BlackBerry Q10 smartphone is expected to be available for purchase with competitive pricing plans from carrier partners Optus and Telstra on July 1 and 2, respectively, and from retailers Harvey Norman and JB HiFi.

    Matthew Ball, Managing Director for Australia at BlackBerry said, “We are excited to be working with our partners to bring the first BlackBerry 10 smartphone with a QWERTY keyboard to customers in Australia. The BlackBerry Q10 smartphone offers customers the power and performance of the BlackBerry 10 platform in a signature BlackBerry design.”

    Continue…

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    Reviews - Jun 11, 2013 17:24 - 14 Comments

    Samsung Galaxy S4: Review

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    review Over the past several years, Korean manufacturer Samsung has evolved as Apple’s eternal rival. Constantly, in my extended family and friend base, I hear people comparing and contrasting these two brands and asking themselves which should win their smartphone budget. This year’s attempt from Samsung is the fourth model in its popular Galaxy line. We already know the GS4 is good. But does the Galaxy S4 do enough to be considered the best smartphone on the market? Read on to find out. Continue…

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