AWS chief information security officer Steve Schmidt says the company is prepared to take the Australian Government to court if the proposed encryption legislation requires it to build backdoors.

The Australian Labor Party has said that it will be dissenting with the government members on the panel that is inquiring into the encryption bill. But the government says it will be pressing on and presenting the bill in Parliament next week, the last sitting week for the year.

Hotel group Marriott International has reported a data breach in its Starwood line of hotels and resorts, with the details of up to 500 million guests likely to have been stolen by malicious attackers.

Worldwide shipments of wearable devices will reach 225 million in 2019, an increase of 25.8% from 2018 – and spending on wearable devices is forecast to reach US$42 billion in 2019, with US$16.2 billion of that spending on smartwatches.

Sydney-based start-up incubator Lakeba has announced the $20 million sale of its Paid by Coins venture to Australian-listed customer engagement technology provider Mobecom only seven months after launching the platform in early 2018.

Australian-based critical infrastructure company Vertiv has been awarded the contract to design and construct the Sunshine Coast submarine cable station.

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