Microsoft employees have written to the company's chief executive Satya Nadella and president Brad Smith demanding that they cancel a $479 million deal with the US Army for an Integrated Visual Augmentation System.

The security outfit Resecurity, that claimed the infiltration of the Australian Parliament was the work of an actor backed by Iran, says the Australian Signals Directorate has confirmed this attribution.

Toyota Australia's corporate IT systems were still offline on Friday following what the company yesterday described as a "cyber attack", according to a notice on its website.

ASX-listed satellite company Sky and Space Global says it has obtained binding commitments to raise $12 million in a two-tranche share placement as part of a $15 million fund-raising effort.

Tech professionals have offered mixed reactions about the Australian data breach law which took effect a year ago today, pointing out that in general while it has no big downsides, the legislation has no great upsides either.

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