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The attackers behind the ransomware heist on medical insurer Medibank Group are believed to be in Russia, the Australian Federal Police claims, without naming any of those involved.

Telstra has announced enhancements to its specialist Security Operations Centres (SOCs) designed to deliver end to end security services for Federal, State and Local government customers.

ASX-listed Canberra-based cyber security firm archTIS has launched NC Encrypt software solution designed to provide independent encryption key management and Bring Your Own Key (BYOK) support for Microsoft 365 applications and SharePoint Server environments.

The Australian Mobile Telecommunications Association (AMTA) has supported digital apprenticeships, reforms to skills, training and immigration arrangements, and a greater focus on supporting women to take up tech jobs as key proposals to be discussed at the Jobs and Skills Summit.

The reaction of the Australian media to an address by the Chinese envoy at the National Press Club in Canberra on Wednesday is quite baffling, given that most of what he spoke about has been known for the last 50 years.

DCI Data Centers is entering the Canberra data centre market with a 20MW site in the Poplars Innovation Precinct in Jerrabomberra.

Content delivery network and DDoS mitigation company Cloudflare has opened four data centres in the past 12 months in Adelaide, Canberra, Hobart, and Christchurch—increasing its network footprint in Australia and New Zealand.

Seven Canberra-based startups have received between $10,000 and $30,000 in matched funding in the latest Innovation Connect round.

Cloud security specialist Zscaler has established co-located data centres in Canberra and Auckland.

OutSystems high-performance low-code development platform has been chosen as a key part of the JP2060 Phase 4 contract awarded to Leidos Australia by the Australian Defence Force (ADF).

Cybersecurity solutions company Fortinet has appointed Nicole Quinn to the newly-created role of head of government relations – APAC.

Originally meant to be held in February but postponed to May 11 and 12 due to COVID, the Tech In Gov conference in Canberra has clearly been a success, with a packed expo area during conference breaks, and tons of top companies in attendance.

Coles, one of Australia's two big supermarket chains, says it will offer delivery of some 250 grocery items by drone in some suburbs of Canberra.

Well known and popular comparison site Finder is giving away an incredible $200,000 in Bitcoin to Australians who download the free Finder app and join the Bitcoin Drop Party, but sadly, those in the ACT are unable to join the party this time around.

The Smart Energy Council has announced that ActewAGL’s hydrogen refuelling station in Canberra has been certified with renewable green hydrogen produced from 100 percent renewable energy and with zero carbon emissions.

The ACT government will trial Frontline Data Systems’ AI technology as part of its annual road resurfacing program in Canberra.

Despite all the brouhaha over the alleged threat posed by China, the Federal Government does not seem overly concerned when it comes to cloud hosting of its sensitive data. Else, how does one account for the fact that the Digital Transformation Agency has given Amazon Web Services, a company that has links to a Chinese-owned data centre, the green light for hosting government data?

Another Australian cloud provider, this time the secure cloud specialist Sliced Tech, has passed into foreign hands with its sale to UK-headquartered private consultancy services giant Deloitte for an unspecified sum.

Four cloud companies have achieved Strategic Hosting Provider certification under the Federal Government's Hosting Certification Framework. One of them, Sliced Tech, was acquired by global consultancy Deloitte on Thursday.

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