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Wednesday, 29-May-2013 21:02:35 (GMT +10) - by Agg
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Chinese hackers have apparently stolen some ASIO blueprints. SECRET and highly sensitive blueprints outlining the layout of Australia's top spy agency's new headquarters have been stolen by Chinese hackers, the ABC says. The documents contained details of the ASIO building's floor plans, communication cabling layouts, server locations and security systems, potentially putting the entire organisation at risk, Monday night's Four Corners program alleges. Discussion here.
Australia meanwhile is apparently the happiest industrialised nation. The so-called "lucky country" beat Sweden and Canada to take the top spot in the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development's (OECD) Better Life Index. Australia has remained largely immune from the global financial crisis, with its economy growing on average 3.5% over the last 20 years to 2012, according to the CIA Factbook.
Boingboing report on another draconian copyright attempt in the USA. But amidst all that crazy, there's a bit that stands out as particularly insane: a proposal to legalize the use of malware in order to punish people believed to be copying illegally. The report proposes that software would be loaded on computers that would somehow figure out if you were a pirate, and if you were, it would lock your computer up and take all your files hostage until you call the police and confess your crime.
Senator Conroy says there is no centralised Government internet filter at present. The news comes in the wake of the Australian Securities and Investment Commission accidentally ordering the block of 1,200 websites. ASIC had used section 313 of the Telecommunications Act to get ISPs to block certain websites, such as investor fraud websites. The move has been heavily criticised, with groups such as the Greens and Pirate Party Australia stating that it amounts to an internet filter without oversight or transparency.
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