High Court upholds retrospective legal fix for AN0M surveillance sting
The High Court of Australia has backed a retrospective law covering the validity of evidence collected using a compromised encrypted app named AN0M. A large…
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Revenue NSW directed to document its AI risk
Revenue NSW is lagging in its effort to keep risk assessments and documentation for its use of AI and automation in its fines and collections…
Cenitex appoints former Vic DFFH CIO as CEO
Victoria’s whole of government shared services provider Cenitex has appointed former Department of Families, Fairness and Housing (DFFH) CIO and executive director Andrew Larkin as…
Google DeepMind tackles software vulnerabilities with AI agent
Google’s DeepMind artificial intelligence (AI) division has published details of its CodeMender vulnerability finding agent, which is designed to automatically identify and patch security flaws…
Optus used wrong email address to first notify gov of Triple Zero outage
Optus sent the first notifications of its Triple Zero outage to an outdated and unmonitored government email address, where they went unnoticed for over 24…
CBA modernises its banking core
CBA has modernised its longtime SAP-based core banking platform, migrating off an older superseded version that ran on-premises to a newer cloud-native version that runs…
Microsoft to kill local account workarounds in Windows 11 preview builds
Microsoft is tightening the screws on local account creation in Windows 11, removing well-known workarounds that let users skip the Microsoft account requirement during setup,…
CBA modernises its retail banking core
CBA has modernised its longtime SAP-based core banking platform, migrating off an older superseded version that ran on-premises to a newer cloud-native version that runs…
Qualcomm buys Arduino – iTnews
Qualcomm has acquired Arduino, an Italian not-for-profit firm that makes hardware and software for developing prototypes of robots and other electronic gadgets. San Diego-based Qualcomm is…
Western Health tests SAP Joule on HR system
Western Health, one of Victoria’s largest health services, has enabled SAP’s AI copilot Joule in a test environment with a view to exploring use cases…
WA gov inks $73m deal for core digital twin platform
The Western Australian government has secured one of two core platforms it will need to build a digital twin of the state’s landmass, awarding a…
Age verification IDs taken in Discord data breach
Discord said an unnamed third-party support provider it uses was compromised, impacting some sensitive personal customer data. A “small number” of images of government identification…