It took just one question from Paul Karp, chief political correspondent at Guardian Australia, to put the brakes on at the National Press Club on Wednesday, during a Q&A for two top Australian security officials.



In some ways, Andreas Tille is an unusual person to take over as leader of the Debian GNU/Linux project. Unusual because of his age, unusual because of the fact that he acknowledged the negatives about the position.

The United States has passed a US$95 billion security bill that includes a provision to ban the Chinese short-video app TikTok - but only after the next presidential election.

Outsourcing provider OracleCMS says it has been affected by a cyber-security incident during which a third party gained access to a part of its data, adding that some files have been published online.

Number two Australian telco Optus announced its policy for customers experiencing vulnerability, which introduces a support team and specialist care who can help if a customer is impacted by domestic or family abuse, homelessness, disability, bereavement, or is facing other vulnerable circumstances.

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