Hi John, The Australian Information Industry Association has slammed the Federal Government because amendments proposed to the unpopular anti-encryption law were not passed by Parliament last week.
Unlike Australia, New Zealand says it will carry out its own risk-assessment to make a final decision on whether to use equipment from Chinese telecommunications gear maker Huawei Technologies in its 5G networks. Attackers who infiltrated the Australian Parliament network and also the systems of the Liberal, National and Labor Parties appear to have used Web shells – scripts that can be uploaded to a Web server to enable remote administration of a machine. The Australian Labor Party has described as "ridiculous" a claim made by the government that the NBN Co - which released its half-yearly results on Monday - was continuing to exceed its targets. Chinese online payment platform Alipay has released statistics for the Lunar New Year period showing how much Chinese tourists to Australia and New Zealand spent during the period. Venafi would like to see Australian and New Zealand developers benefit from its Machine Identity Protection Fund. And of course, there's plenty more so for all the news visit www.itwire.com. Have a great day! Stan Beer, Editor, iTWire ADVERTISE IN THIS NEWSLETTER & iTWire.com Contact: andrew.matler@itwire.com 0412 390 000
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