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🔥 Trio of Women Jailed for Fraudulent Superannuation Scheme
📢 Tech Executive Pleads Guilty to Getty Images Fraud Scheme
💵 Indians Victims of Financial Fraud in Southeast Asia

🔥Trio of Women Jailed for Fraudulent Superannuation Scheme

Three women from Queensland were sentenced to prison for their unlawful attempts to obtain superannuation benefits through the Federal Government's COVID-19 programme.The Brisbane District Court sentenced two women to three years and six months in prison after they both entered guilty pleas. In April, a third woman entered a guilty plea and was given a five-month prison sentence.In August 2020, the women were charged by the Australian Federal Police (AFP) anti-fraud Taskforce Iris following an investigation that found the group had filed multiple fraudulent applications seeking early release of $103,500 in superannuation payments.The women claimed to be other holders of superannuation funds using their myGov accounts. Once the offender was identified by a different Taskforce, the investigation got underway. After analysing the offence, the Serious Financial Crime Taskforce (SFCT), led by the Australian Taxation Office (ATO), approved the investigation as a top priority. [Read more]

California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued a consumer alert yesterday warning Californians about AI or “deepfakes” that impersonate government officials, distressed family members, or other trusted figures.
Hugging Face, an artificial intelligence (AI) company, revealed on Friday that earlier this week it discovered unauthorised access to its Spaces platform.
The AI drama is intensifying. Infighting becomes more visible to the public as the stakes rise.

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📢Tech Executive Pleads Guilty to Getty Images Fraud Scheme

Federal officials announced on Friday that a former technology executive had entered a guilty plea to a single count of fraud pertaining to a plan to artificially inflate the share price of photo and video distributor Getty Images. [Read more]

💵 Indians Victims of Financial Fraud in Southeast Asia

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Many Indians are becoming victims of financial fraud committed via the Internet, purportedly by organised crime groups based in Myanmar, Laos, and Cambodia, three neighbouring countries in south-east Asia. [Read More]

💡 Ticketmaster Data Breach: Over 500 Million Users' Information Stolen

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More than 500 million Ticketmaster users' personal information, most likely including Australians, is purportedly stolen by a well-known hacker. [Read more]

🎬Australia Post Survey Reveals Rise in Shipping Scams

Australia has seen a rise in the frequency of shipping and package delivery scams, with victims losing as much as $20,000.

Approximately 75% of participants in a survey conducted on behalf of Australia Post reported receiving fictitious delivery or package scam messages, and 27% acknowledged having been a victim of one. Of those, 5% had fallen victim to scammers and lost over $20,000. [Read more]

The Safety Advisory Council was allegedly disbanded by Twitch, and it looks like the company intends to replace it with select "ambassadors."
OpenAI announced on Thursday that it cut off five covert influence operations (IO) from China, Iran, Israel, and Russia that used its AI tools to manipulate public discourse or political outcomes online while hiding their identities.
More than 25,000 current and former employees of the BBC have received emails regarding one of the pension schemes after their personal data was stolen by an unauthorised party who broke into a database.

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Large Japanese cryptocurrency exchange DMM Bitcoin reported a security breach today that cost 4,502.9 BTC, worth over $300 million. The exchange's wallet was accessed without authorisation at 1:26 p.m.
As crypto asset securities scams rise, the SEC's Office of Investor Education and Advocacy issued an Investor Alert on Wednesday.
Ali Martinez reports that 37,000 Bitcoin (BTC) worth $2.53 billion have been taken from cryptocurrency exchanges in the past 72 hours. Bitcoin fell 6.5% from $71,979 to $67,128 during this big move.

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