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$5 million in bogus invoices: ICAC finds former Botany Bay CFO, 11 others, acted corruptly – 28 July 2017
Gary Goodman, former CFO of Botany Bay council and a host of other council members have been found to have acted corruptly by the ICAC, after a public inquiry last year.
The CFO raised over $5 million in fake invoices, and the state watchdog found this corruption extended almost two decades, concluding when Goodman was fired in 2015 following the ICAC investigation.
96,000 Bitcoins stolen from users of shady online bazaar, sheep marketplace – 25 July 2017
The equivalent of sixty-million pounds has been drained from the black-market trading place accounts in the last week, after hackers drained accounts whilst making them appear untouched.
Alastair MacGibbon to talk at AIPI National Conference – 22 July 2017
Alastair MacGibbon, recently appointed head of the Australian Cyber Security Centre, will be the Key Note Speaker for the AIPI National conference to be held at University of Melbourne Law School on 7 September 2017.
The conference will feature presentations from leading practitioners from the Telstra, Australian Federal Police, Australian Taxation Office, Victoria Police, National Australia Bank, McGrathNicol, Equifax, ACORN, QLD police and more.
Topics covered will include bitcoin/cryptocurrency, ransomware, man-in-the-middle scams, identity fraud, advances in forensic IT, data analytics etc and their impact on the prevention, detection, investigation, prosecution and reparation from “Technology Enable Financial Crime”.
https://www.aipi.asn.au/2017/04/18/annual-national-meeting-2017/
Alastair MacGibbon to appointed to head the Australian Cyber Security Centre – 21 July 2017
Special Advisor to the Prime Minister on Cyber Security, Alastair MacGibbon, was appointed by the Prime Minister to head the new Australian Cyber Security Centre on 18 July 2017.
https://www.itnews.com.au/news/macgibbon-to-lead-australian-cyber-security-centre-468628
