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Labor to back whistleblower laws for SA, as Parliament get set to debate fine detail – 17 June 2018
The Lower House of the South Australian Parliament has approved the long-stalled reform, which would allow journalists to refuse to disclose confidential sources without fear of fines or prison.
The mother of all crypto scams’: Bitcoin’s price manipulated during ‘meteoric rise’, researchers find – 15 June 2018
Already down more than 50 per cent from its peak at the height of crypto-mania last year, bitcoin has been battered this week by fresh claims its price has been artificially manipulated by the digital currency tether.
Apple wins praise for adding ‘USB Restricted Mode’ to secure iPhones – 15 June 2018
Apple confirmed today it will close a security hole that has allowed law enforcement officials, working with forensic companies, to break into iPhones to retrieve data related to criminal investigations.
‘The mother of all crypto scams’: Bitcoin’s price manipulated during ‘meteoric rise’, researchers find – 15 June 2018
Already down more than 50 per cent from its peak at the height of crypto-mania last year, bitcoin has been battered this week by fresh claims its price has been artificially manipulated by the digital currency ‘Tether’. Tether is a so-called “stablecoin” pegged at one-to-one value with the US dollar. Its alleged that Tether is actually being printed out of thin air, without corresponding dollar deposits thereby pushing cryptocurrency prices up.
