BoM never planned to end reliance on ‘legacy’ site

After blowing past its budget to spend $96 million dollars on overhauling its website, generating a political pyroclastic cloud, the Bureau of Meteorology can’t end its reliance on its older web portal, iTnews can reveal. “The new website, the legacy website and the reg.bom.gov.au website (the older portal’s web address) all need to run simultaneously, […]

Asahi aims to restore logistics by February following cyberattack

Japan’s Asahi Group aims to normalise logistical operations by February next year after a cyberattack in late September forced widespread suspension, though not all products will be available to ship by that time. The beverage maker, known for its flagship Super Dry beer, also said the personal details of 1.52 million customers may have been […]

ATA asks fed gov to make triple zero “compliant” device list public

Australian telcos have called on the federal government to maintain a public list of mobile phones that handset makers claim are able to make emergency calls reliably. The register, which would be available publicly to consumers, is a key recommendation in the Australian Telecommunications Alliance’s (ATA) submission to the parliamentary inquiry into the fatal triple […]