David Hollingworth

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David Hollingworth has been writing about technology for over 20 years, and has worked for a range of print and online titles in his career. He is enjoying getting to grips with cyber security, especially when it lets him talk about Lego.

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Bitdefender releases MortalKombat ransomware decryptor

The MortalKombat ransomware only started delivering fatalities in December 2022, but a decryptor is already available.

TECH • Fri, 03 Mar 2023

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Australian Federal Police officially opens expanded Sydney forensics lab

Federal Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus KC and AFP Commissioner Reece Kershaw have opened the Australian Federal Police’s newly expanded forensics lab in Sydney today (2 ...

TECH • Thu, 02 Mar 2023

Op-Ed: Navigating the complexity of the future – ChatGPT

ChatGPT is a term that has seemingly graduated to dinner table conversation status over the last month. You can’t seem to go anywhere without hearing or reading about how ...

TECH • Thu, 02 Mar 2023

Canadian bookstore hack sees employee data compromised

Canadian bookstore chain Indigo was affected by a ransomware attack earlier in the month that forced it to take many of its retail systems offline. The company, which has ...

CULTURE • Thu, 02 Mar 2023

Students’ mental health records leaked online following US school district hack

The fallout from the hacking of a Los Angeles Unified School District last September continues, as the threat actor behind the ransomware attack has been posting student ...

GOVERNMENT • Thu, 02 Mar 2023

T-Mobile may have been hacked 100 times in the course of 2022

To say that T-Mobile has had a shocker of a couple of years when it comes to security is quite an understatement, but according to one security expert, the US telco’s ...

SECURITY • Wed, 01 Mar 2023

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Nigerian citizen sentenced to 11 years in prison for email scams

A Nigerian man who was the head of an international money laundering scheme has been sentenced to 11 years in a US federal prison and ordered to pay US$1.4 million in ...

SECURITY • Wed, 01 Mar 2023

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United States Marshals Service compromised by ransomware attack

The US Marshals Service has had a raft of data compromised by a ransomware attack this month.

SECURITY • Wed, 01 Mar 2023

China clamps down on companies shifting personal data beyond its borders

The Cyberspace Administration of China has announced new regulations governing the movement of personal data across its international borders.

GOVERNMENT • Tue, 28 Feb 2023

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David Hollingworth

Bitdefender releases MortalKombat ransomware decryptor

Australian Federal Police officially opens expanded Sydney forensics lab

Op-Ed: Navigating the complexity of the future – ChatGPT

Canadian bookstore hack sees employee data compromised

Students’ mental health records leaked online following US school district hack

T-Mobile may have been hacked 100 times in the course of 2022

Nigerian citizen sentenced to 11 years in prison for email scams

United States Marshals Service compromised by ransomware attack

China clamps down on companies shifting personal data beyond its borders

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