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Australian spies blame Russian for major cyber attack
Australian spies blame Russian for major cyber attack
Technology
by  AFP

Australia has identified the Russian mastermind behind a crippling cyber attack, unmasking the 33-year-old hacker for the first time on Tuesday and linking him to an international crime syndicate. - 'Hack the hackers' - Australia beefed up its cyber security laws in the wake of the Medibank attack, pledging that the country's intelligence agencies would proactively "hack the hackers".

Xi's corruption crackdown targets embattled finance sector
Xi's corruption crackdown targets embattled finance sector
Economy
by  AFP

Xi Jinping's crackdown on official corruption has ripped through a secretive missile force, the Communist Party elite, the national football team, and now risks hammering a finance industry already grappling with an economic slowdown. He said Xi was targeting a series of critical industries to cushion the impact of foreign sanctions and wrest the economy fully under party control.

EU under pressure to defuse farmers' anger
EU under pressure to defuse farmers' anger
Economy
by  AFP

EU agriculture ministers will discuss on Tuesday how to resolve European farmers' growing discontent as Brussels scrambles to address the issue ahead of elections this year. - Ignored warnings - Farmers' discontent has been a growing concern in the European Parliament.