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  • Budget '09: Centrelink's tech boost

    The Federal Government has allocated substantial funds in the 2009 Federal Budget to boost the anti-fraud, call centre and online IT infrastructure capacity of welfare agency Centrelink.

  • Judge halts Defcon hacking speech

    A federal judge on Saturday in the US granted the Massachusetts transit authority's request for an injunction preventing three MIT students from giving a presentation about hacking smartcards used in the Boston subway system.

  • Sydney man arrested for eBay fraud

    The New South Wales Police Force has confirmed a Sydney man will face court after being charged over internet fraud allegedly committed last month.

  • Russian bride scam turns romantics into money mules

    Queensland police are warning of a rapidly growing type of fraud that uses Russian brides and dating Web sites to con victims into becoming money launderers and drug mules.

  • Four UK men accused of AU$475m bank heist

    Four British men -- including a man believed to be a lord -- have been accused of trying to steal around AU$475.47 million by hacking into a Japanese bank's computer system, the Serious Organised Crime Agency (Soca) said over the weekend.

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