Happy Wednesday. Let’s jump straight into five things making headlines in the tech world this morning.
1. Telstra’s turn for a breach
Word emerged yesterday that Telstra was the latest data breach victim, but unlike Optus, the breach was the fault of a third party who looks after the telco’s internal rewards program. A Telstra spokesperson told Gizmodo Australia that it was not a breach of any Telstra systems and the information on current and former employees (around 30,000) was very basic in nature.
2. Elon is doing things again
Another day, another Elonism. This time, he sent a letter to Twitter offering to buy the company at the price he originally proposed: $US54.20 (around $75) per share. This was after he had the great* idea to solve an ongoing war and global crisis by starting a Twitter poll. Ukranian President Vlodymyr Zelensky started his own poll.
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