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Cyber experts say Australians cannot control the software in many home batteries and smart devices, including cheap ones from China, in the wake of Israel’s pager attacks.
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Cyber expert Rachael Falk has called for a “concerted global approach” to protect solar batteries and smart home devices from malicious attacks after an Australian tech entrepreneur warned about Israeli-style exploding pager strikes.

More than half of Australia’s tech companies are losing staff to rivals who offer remote working arrangements and greater flexibility, a new global survey has revealed.

Billionaire WiseTech founder Richard White says he’ll never pay a ransom and that he believes a government ban of the payments could, in fact, solve Australia’s cyber crisis. Here’s why.

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