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AIPI National Conference 2017 – 8 September 2017
The AIPI National conference took place in Melbourne, on Thursday September 7. This year, the conference theme was technology enabled financial crime, which covered aspects such as prevention, detection, investigation, prosecution and reparation. A topic seemingly appropriate in light of the increasing threat technology continues to pose to Australian organisations.
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https://www.aipi.asn.au/2017-aipi-national-conference/
Top secret data on ex-US military personnel exposed on Amazon S3 server. – 6 September 2017
Resumes of over 9,000 US military personnel have been exposed on an unsecure amazon platform. It is believed the lapse was mainly due to human error, and occurred during a document transfer using the S3 server between a security contractor and recruitment firm.
China forbids digital currency fund-raising activity – 5 September 2017
China has banned fund-raising activities in virtual currencies such as Bitcoin following several major hacks of digital currency exchanges. Several of China’s financial regulatory organisations have released a joint communication addressing the ban.
https://www.scmagazine.com/china-forbids-digital-currency-fund-raising-activity/article/686656/
Trial of Former Tesco executives adjourned to September 25th – 4 September 2017
Three former Tesco executives will face trial at the end of the month after being accused of fraud and false accounting. All three men pleaded not guilty to the accusations at a hearing in August, following an overstatement of Tesco’s profit forecast in 2014. The trial is expected to last 10-12 weeks.
