NBN Co turfs out 800 staff as COVID-19 surges again; Gang uses Ako ransomware to hit Hamilton Brown creative design firm; What Huawei did next: it's an influencer, shrieks British paper

As the COVID-19 pandemic surges again, fresh job slashing begins. Australia's broadband network provider NBN Co has announced it will be sacking 800 employees before the end of the year.

Cyber criminals have used the Ako ransomware to attack Windows systems at the Hamilton Brown creative design agency in the UK, and released data from the company on the dark web after a ransom note did not evoke any response.
Cubic Transportation Systems business division GRIDSMART is partnering with the University of Melbourne to tackle what it says are new transport challenges arising from COVID-19.
Global interconnection and data centre provider Equinix is extending access to Alibaba Cloud through its platform for customers from 17 metros globally, including Sydney.
The roster of disreputable organisations and individuals that have been associated with Chinese telecommunications equipment provider Huawei Technologies by Western sources to blacken its name never ceases to surprise. Now there are claims that former MI6 officer Christopher Steele, of Donald Trump fame, helped craft a report that accused Huawei and China's government of trying to manipulate British peers and MPs.
Live international cricket will return to Spark Sport with a four-year deal for exclusive coverage of all international and domestic cricket matches played in England under the England and Wales Cricket Board.
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