According to the hackers, they want their ransom paid in cryptocurrency. Source: Shutterstock. Hackers behind the Optus fiasco have released the records of 10,000 customers as they continue to demand a payment of $1.5 million from the telco company. According to the hackers, 10,000 records will be released each day over the next four days…
Hurricane Ian is expected to upgrade to a Category 4 sometime in the next couple of days. Hurricane Ian has been upgraded to a Category 2 system overnight as it makes its way towards Florida’s west coast. The storm was upgraded to a Hurricane on Monday afternoon with winds and rain increasing over night to…
The space agency is looking to answer how we can stop an asteroid should one ever come on a collision course with Earth. Source: NASA. NASA’s DART spacecraft has successfully hit the asteroid Dimorphos in the space agency’s first planetary defence experiment. The space agency is looking to answer how we can stop an asteroid…
The 150-turbine windfarm would be built at Ironpot, 30km south west of Kingaroy, involving about 200 construction jobs and 15 ongoing jobs once it is operational. The Queensland government is planning on building what would be the largest publicly owned wind farm in Australia. The proposal would see the 150-turbine wind farm built at Ironpot,…
“We’ve had about 2,500 reports about it with $3.8 million reported lost to the ACCC and we only get about 13 per cent of complaints,” said ACCC deputy chair Delia Rickard. The “Hi Mum” scam text has now cost Australians a combined total of $4 million officially, but official government statistics are believed to be…
Chris Davidson was found unconscious and treated at the scene by ambulance paramedics before being taken to Kempsey Hospital, where he died a short time after. Source: Twitter Former Australian surfing star Chris Davidson has died after an alleged assault outside a pub on Saturday night. The 45-year-old was allegedly punched in the face by…
The exact details of the situation are unknown but it’s believed the woman went to retrieve her phone from the track. Source: Coaster Life, YouTube. A woman in her 20s is in a critical condition after being struck by a roller coaster at the Royal Melbourne Show yesterday afternoon. The incident occurred around 5:45pm Sunday…
“Because the vessels are similar in shape to the poppy flower when it is closed and upside down, the hypothesis arose already in the 19th century that they were used as ritual vessels for the drug,” said the IAA. Source: IAA. A dig by Israel’s Antiquities Authority (IAA) has revealed evidence that suggests the earliest…
Source: Wikimedia Commons. John Farnham’s wife has provided an update on the singer’s battle with cancer following revelations that he underwent surgery in August. It was previously revealed that the 73-year-old underwent surgery for a cancerous growth but his wife Jill Farnham and the couples son Rob and James said he’s doing much better. “John’s…
Optus said that in it’s worst case scenario, 9.8 million people could be affected. Source: Shutterstock. Optus has said that several million customers have been affected by a cyber-attack that’s seen consumers now at risk of identity theft. It’s believed that hackers gained access to private information that included names, dates of birth, addresses and…