Leonard Bernardone
@lennyeggsbenny.bsky.social
Freelance tech journalist, frequent contributor for @information-age.bsky.social
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Scoop: the pro-teen social media ban lobby group 36 Months was funded & co-staffed by its co-founder's ad production firm that was simultaneously making gambling ads
The federal government has ignored calls for a gambling ad ban while pursuing the social media ban.
www.crikey.com.au/20...
The federal government has ignored calls for a gambling ad ban while pursuing the social media ban.
www.crikey.com.au/20...
December 12, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Scoop: the pro-teen social media ban lobby group 36 Months was funded & co-staffed by its co-founder's ad production firm that was simultaneously making gambling ads
The federal government has ignored calls for a gambling ad ban while pursuing the social media ban.
www.crikey.com.au/20...
The federal government has ignored calls for a gambling ad ban while pursuing the social media ban.
www.crikey.com.au/20...
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As Australia rolls out its unprecedented youth social media ban for under-16s, many non-complying teenagers are about to discover the hard way that virtual private networks (VPNs) won’t be enough to trick the system.
Read more: ia.acs.org.au/article/2025...
Read more: ia.acs.org.au/article/2025...
VPNs won't save teens from social media ban
Big Tech can identify young Aussies using the workaround.
ia.acs.org.au
December 11, 2025 at 2:52 AM
As Australia rolls out its unprecedented youth social media ban for under-16s, many non-complying teenagers are about to discover the hard way that virtual private networks (VPNs) won’t be enough to trick the system.
Read more: ia.acs.org.au/article/2025...
Read more: ia.acs.org.au/article/2025...
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interesting choice to project "LET THEM BE KIDS" onto the Sydney Harbour Bridge as part of the celebrations of the teen social media ban
It's not a line that came from Albanese or the government — it's the name of News Corp's campaign for the ban.
It's not a line that came from Albanese or the government — it's the name of News Corp's campaign for the ban.
December 10, 2025 at 11:13 AM
interesting choice to project "LET THEM BE KIDS" onto the Sydney Harbour Bridge as part of the celebrations of the teen social media ban
It's not a line that came from Albanese or the government — it's the name of News Corp's campaign for the ban.
It's not a line that came from Albanese or the government — it's the name of News Corp's campaign for the ban.
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Australians are being warned about a new scam in which criminals pose as federal police officers and pressure victims into handing over their cryptocurrency.
The Australian Federal Police (AFP) says the scheme is spreading fast – and it’s catching people off guard.
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The Australian Federal Police (AFP) says the scheme is spreading fast – and it’s catching people off guard.
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Scammers impersonate police to steal crypto
Government’s ReportCyber used to trick victims.
ia.acs.org.au
November 19, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Australians are being warned about a new scam in which criminals pose as federal police officers and pressure victims into handing over their cryptocurrency.
The Australian Federal Police (AFP) says the scheme is spreading fast – and it’s catching people off guard.
Read more:
The Australian Federal Police (AFP) says the scheme is spreading fast – and it’s catching people off guard.
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🚨 NEW: A majority of Australians say they have little to no interest in today's Melbourne Cup, according to polling from Essential
39% of people say the race normalises animal cruelty, including 63% of Greens voters
39% of people say the race normalises animal cruelty, including 63% of Greens voters
November 4, 2025 at 3:42 AM
🚨 NEW: A majority of Australians say they have little to no interest in today's Melbourne Cup, according to polling from Essential
39% of people say the race normalises animal cruelty, including 63% of Greens voters
39% of people say the race normalises animal cruelty, including 63% of Greens voters
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New: Optus executives say staff failed to escalate information regarding the severity of a 14-hour Triple Zero outage in September caused by an incorrect firewall upgrade, which was linked to more than 450 failed calls and three deaths.
More from today's heated Senate committee hearing 👇
More from today's heated Senate committee hearing 👇
'Deadly wrong': Optus grilled over fatal Triple Zero outage
CEO and telco bosses front heated Senate committee.
ia.acs.org.au
November 3, 2025 at 5:58 AM
New: Optus executives say staff failed to escalate information regarding the severity of a 14-hour Triple Zero outage in September caused by an incorrect firewall upgrade, which was linked to more than 450 failed calls and three deaths.
More from today's heated Senate committee hearing 👇
More from today's heated Senate committee hearing 👇
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Uh, who’s gonna tell them? “We felt the injunction was an important course of action to further protect our customers and so far, it has been effective in preventing the stolen data being accessed, released or published by third parties”
Cybersecurity experts are warning that injunctions – an increasingly popular legal tactic flaunted as protecting data breach victims – are putting people at greater risk of cybercrime.
More from @troyhunt.com, Cythera's Euan Prentice, Dvuln's Jamieson O'Reilly and Cyber Cognition's Michael Collins.
More from @troyhunt.com, Cythera's Euan Prentice, Dvuln's Jamieson O'Reilly and Cyber Cognition's Michael Collins.
Cyber injunctions put victims at risk, experts warn
Qantas stands by controversial legal tactic.
ia.acs.org.au
October 27, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Uh, who’s gonna tell them? “We felt the injunction was an important course of action to further protect our customers and so far, it has been effective in preventing the stolen data being accessed, released or published by third parties”
Reposted by Leonard Bernardone
Cybersecurity experts are warning that injunctions – an increasingly popular legal tactic flaunted as protecting data breach victims – are putting people at greater risk of cybercrime.
More from @troyhunt.com, Cythera's Euan Prentice, Dvuln's Jamieson O'Reilly and Cyber Cognition's Michael Collins.
More from @troyhunt.com, Cythera's Euan Prentice, Dvuln's Jamieson O'Reilly and Cyber Cognition's Michael Collins.
Cyber injunctions put victims at risk, experts warn
Qantas stands by controversial legal tactic.
ia.acs.org.au
October 27, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Cybersecurity experts are warning that injunctions – an increasingly popular legal tactic flaunted as protecting data breach victims – are putting people at greater risk of cybercrime.
More from @troyhunt.com, Cythera's Euan Prentice, Dvuln's Jamieson O'Reilly and Cyber Cognition's Michael Collins.
More from @troyhunt.com, Cythera's Euan Prentice, Dvuln's Jamieson O'Reilly and Cyber Cognition's Michael Collins.
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Insightful article as always from you @lennyeggsbenny.bsky.social I agree with the cohort the injunction impedes the ‘goodguys’ and the criminals wont heed it
October 27, 2025 at 6:32 AM
Insightful article as always from you @lennyeggsbenny.bsky.social I agree with the cohort the injunction impedes the ‘goodguys’ and the criminals wont heed it
Spoke to some local experts about the rising trend in data breach injunctions. Was surprising to see how unified people's opinions were on this:
ia.acs.org.au/article/2025...
ia.acs.org.au/article/2025...
Cyber injunctions put victims at risk, experts warn
Qantas stands by controversial legal tactic.
ia.acs.org.au
October 27, 2025 at 6:13 AM
Spoke to some local experts about the rising trend in data breach injunctions. Was surprising to see how unified people's opinions were on this:
ia.acs.org.au/article/2025...
ia.acs.org.au/article/2025...
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Cybercriminals have published 153GB of alleged Qantas customer data after the airline refused to co-operate with ransom demands.
Read more: ia.acs.org.au/article/2025...
Read more: ia.acs.org.au/article/2025...
Qantas customer data leaked to dark web
Hackers follow through on ransom threat.
ia.acs.org.au
October 12, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Cybercriminals have published 153GB of alleged Qantas customer data after the airline refused to co-operate with ransom demands.
Read more: ia.acs.org.au/article/2025...
Read more: ia.acs.org.au/article/2025...
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Apparenty # Deloitte will partially refund the Australian government after acknowledging that # GenAI was used in a report containing fabricated references and quotes.
ia.acs.org.au/article/2025...
ia.acs.org.au/article/2025...
Deloitte to refund government over AI errors | Information Age | ACS
Generative AI produced fake references, quotes in report.
ia.acs.org.au
October 7, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Apparenty # Deloitte will partially refund the Australian government after acknowledging that # GenAI was used in a report containing fabricated references and quotes.
ia.acs.org.au/article/2025...
ia.acs.org.au/article/2025...
Carla says go read No Purchase Vol II ✨ (and my short story about human expression and AI within)
October 2, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Carla says go read No Purchase Vol II ✨ (and my short story about human expression and AI within)
Internet Search Engine Services Online Safety Code
Committee: Environment and Communications References Committee
Date referred: 27 August 2025
Submissions close: 22 September 2025
Progress report: 11 September 2025
Reporting date: 14 Novemb...
www.aph.gov.au
September 21, 2025 at 11:33 PM
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The founder of global hacking website BreachForums will serve three years in prison after judges challenged an initial sentence of just 17 days ia.acs.org.au/article/2025...
September 18, 2025 at 8:51 AM
The founder of global hacking website BreachForums will serve three years in prison after judges challenged an initial sentence of just 17 days ia.acs.org.au/article/2025...
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#BREAKING 🚨 Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, according to a report by a United Nations Commision of Inquiry
The report has found Israeli authorities have "intended to kill as many Palestinians as possible" and committed the crime against humanity of extermination
The report has found Israeli authorities have "intended to kill as many Palestinians as possible" and committed the crime against humanity of extermination
September 16, 2025 at 7:56 AM
#BREAKING 🚨 Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, according to a report by a United Nations Commision of Inquiry
The report has found Israeli authorities have "intended to kill as many Palestinians as possible" and committed the crime against humanity of extermination
The report has found Israeli authorities have "intended to kill as many Palestinians as possible" and committed the crime against humanity of extermination
Just a touch windy in Naarm
September 15, 2025 at 5:26 AM
Just a touch windy in Naarm
yikes
(*from 2023*) "In both your cases your prospects of rehabilitation are good” www.abc.net.au/news/2023-10...
Neo-Nazis walk free from court, spared further jail time over attack on Victorian hikers
White supremacists Thomas Sewell and Jacob Hersant are convicted of violent disorder over a 2021 incident where far-right extremists ambushed a group of hikers.
www.abc.net.au
September 2, 2025 at 8:15 AM
yikes
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We built a calculator that doesn't work, but don't worry, it's also a plagiarism machine that will tell you to kill yourself. It runs on the world's oceans and costs 10 trillion dollars.
August 29, 2025 at 6:24 PM
We built a calculator that doesn't work, but don't worry, it's also a plagiarism machine that will tell you to kill yourself. It runs on the world's oceans and costs 10 trillion dollars.
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A popular free VPN has been accused of spying on its userbase after security researchers observed it taking non-consenting screenshots of user browsing activity.
Read more: ia.acs.org.au/article/2025...
Read more: ia.acs.org.au/article/2025...
Popular free VPN caught spying on users
Researchers find Chrome extension taking hidden screenshots.
ia.acs.org.au
August 26, 2025 at 1:42 AM
A popular free VPN has been accused of spying on its userbase after security researchers observed it taking non-consenting screenshots of user browsing activity.
Read more: ia.acs.org.au/article/2025...
Read more: ia.acs.org.au/article/2025...
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Australia is stuck in the “worst of possible worlds” when it comes to AI and the use of local data, according to Productivity Commission chair Danielle Wood, arguing that reforms to copyright law could help Australian companies compete globally and strengthen the local AI industry.
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Copyright reform could power local AI industry
Productivity Commissioner says critics have missed the point.
ia.acs.org.au
August 19, 2025 at 4:26 AM
Australia is stuck in the “worst of possible worlds” when it comes to AI and the use of local data, according to Productivity Commission chair Danielle Wood, arguing that reforms to copyright law could help Australian companies compete globally and strengthen the local AI industry.
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Another gross breach of international law from Israel as it again abducts civilians from international waters. This time it’s the crew of the Handala who were trying to bring food and medicine to the people of Gaza, to break the siege and mass starvation imposed by Israel.
July 27, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Another gross breach of international law from Israel as it again abducts civilians from international waters. This time it’s the crew of the Handala who were trying to bring food and medicine to the people of Gaza, to break the siege and mass starvation imposed by Israel.
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The people on Handala have done more to press for basic human rights and peace in the past few days than the Albanese Government has done in nearly 2 years.
End the two way arms trade, let Handala provide aid and force Israel to end the mass starvation of the people of Gaza. Free Palestine 🇵🇸
End the two way arms trade, let Handala provide aid and force Israel to end the mass starvation of the people of Gaza. Free Palestine 🇵🇸
July 27, 2025 at 12:28 AM
The people on Handala have done more to press for basic human rights and peace in the past few days than the Albanese Government has done in nearly 2 years.
End the two way arms trade, let Handala provide aid and force Israel to end the mass starvation of the people of Gaza. Free Palestine 🇵🇸
End the two way arms trade, let Handala provide aid and force Israel to end the mass starvation of the people of Gaza. Free Palestine 🇵🇸
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