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IN THE NEWS: ACCAN submits to ACMA scam tech consultation, PayID attack exposes customers' details, and more.
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The Australian Communications and Media Authority is reviewing ways to combat scams carried out over telco networks (via phone, email and SMS) as a part of their Scam Technology Project. ACCAN’s submission focuses on the consumer experience of scams, and how to improve consumer education about scam activity.
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Telstra made refund offers to 272,397 customers as a result of the third-party content subscription billing scandal of 2018, though only a quarter actually claimed them. [itnews]
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The private details of almost 100,000 Australian bank customers have been exposed in a cyber-attack on the real-time payments platform PayID, which allows the instant transfer of money between banks using either a mobile number or email address. [Sydney Morning Herald]
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Telstra is set to allow publicly-accessible payphones to receive incoming calls under changes to the way the phones operate and are priced. [ZDNet]
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Telco Singtel Optus has given students at a NSW state school a taste of future technologies, allowing them to take part in an "On the Road with Optus" roadshow which included virtual and augmented reality workshops. [iTWire]
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TPG and Vodafone’s appeal against the ACCC blocking their $15 billion merger may be decided by the end of the year, after presiding Justice John Middleton proposed a hearing date of September 10. [Channel News]
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Victorian MP Tim Watts and once staffer to former Labor senator Stephen Conroy was named Shadow Assistant Minister for Communications and Shadow Assistant Minister for Cyber Security on Sunday. [itnews]
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While there was plenty of concern for playlists and music and movies users have downloaded, Apple won’t let those personal back catalogues disappear — they’ll be moving them over to a trio of new apps. [news.com.au]
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In a bid to overturn the Australian Consumer and Competition Commission's (ACCC) decision to block the TPG-Vodafone Australia merger, TPG has doubled down on its claims that the Huawei ban has prevented the telco from being able to roll out a competitive mobile network. [ZDNet]
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Qantas has warned it may have to switch off its satellite-powered wi-fi services below 10,000 feet if 5G is allowed to operate in the same spectrum. [itnews]
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