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Australian web provider iiNet in possible database hacking

June 9, 2015 admin australia, australian, been-attempting, included-client, matthew-toohey, password, password-change, passwords, potential, the-potential, unnamed-hacker

By Matt Siegel SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australian Internet provider iiNet Ltd has urged more than 30,000 customers to change their passwords after claims emerged online that hackers had been attempting to sell personal information stolen from one of the firm’s databases. News of the potential data breach at Australia’s third-largest web provider first emerged on Twitter, where it was alleged an unnamed hacker was offering to sell a database that included client passwords, home addresses and telephone numbers. As a precaution, however, iiNet CIO Matthew Toohey said the company had contacted almost 31,000 customers and asked for the password change to prevent unauthorized access to accounts.

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India’s Modi draws flak for ‘despite being a woman’ comment about Bangladeshi PM

June 8, 2015 publisher australia, australian, bangladeshi, famous-female, included-client, passwords, potential, sheikh, sheikh-hasina, south-asian, the-potential, thomson-reuters

By Nita Bhalla NEW DELHI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has sparked outrage after he praised his Bangladeshi counterpart for her courage to fight terrorism “despite being a woman”, triggering an avalanche of criticism on social media site Twitter. #DespiteBeingAWoman was one of the top trends on the micro blogging site on Monday, with users expressing anger at what they said was a bigoted and sexist remark and posting pictures of famous female scientists, politicians and athletes. Modi, who was on a two-day official visit to neighboring Bangladesh, on Sunday told an audience at Dhaka University that Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina showed that she was committed to ending terrorism which has plagued both South Asian nations

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Pledge sues Penn State, fraternity caught in nude photo scandal

June 8, 2015 publisher australia, being-burned, court-documents, group-featuring, monday-james, passwords, sheikh, south-asian, sued-the-school, the-potential, thomson-reuters, while-pledging

(Reuters) – The whistleblower in a Penn State University fraternity scandal tied to a private Facebook group featuring photographs of nude and apparently unconscious female students has sued the school and fraternity, according to court documents released on Monday. James Vivenzio says he was subjected to life-threatening hazing, which included being burned by cigarettes and forced to drink bucketfuls of alcohol mixed with vomit and urine while pledging for Kappa Delta Rho, according to the complaint filed in the Court of Common Pleas in Philadelphia