Hackers leak Qantas data containing 5 million customer records after ransom deadline passes
Hacker collective Scattered Lapsus$ Hunters demanded payment in return for preventing the stolen data of nearly 40 companies from being sharedGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastHackers leaked the personal records of five million Qantas customers on the dark web on Saturday afternoon, according to a cybersecurity expert, after a ransom deadline set by the cybercriminals passed.The company is one of more than 40 firms globally caught up in the hack, reported to contain up to 1bn customer records. Continue reading...
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Will UK taxpayers get their £122m back from PPE Medpro?
The high court told the company linked to Michelle Mone to pay up over the supply of defective gowns, but there appears no clear route to reclaim the fundsThe five-year unravelling of Britain’s most high-profile Covid contracts scandal involving a baroness, her husband and multimillion-pound government deals accelerated last week with a high court judgment against the company linked to the former Tory peer Michelle Mone.The judge, Mrs Justice Cockerill, ruled that PPE Medpro, owned by Mone’s husband, the Isle of Man-based businessman Doug Barrowman, supplied defective personal protective equipment (PPE) for use in the NHS during the pandemic. Cockerill ordered that PPE Medpro must return the sum of £122m, which the Department of Health and Social Care paid for the order of 25m sterile surgical gowns, under a contract awarded in June 2020 via the VIP lane. Continue reading...
The Freak: script of Charlie Chaplin’s unfinished final film to be published
Exclusive: Fantasy about ‘a beautiful creature with wings’ has been compiled from drafts, storyboards and sketchesHe rose from the slums of Victorian London to become arguably cinema’s first great comic artist, with The Great Dictator and Limelight among his masterpieces.Now the script of Charlie Chaplin’s unfinished final film is to be published, having been pieced together from drafts, storyboards and sketches, on which he had been working before his death in 1977, at the age of 88. Continue reading...
María Corina Machado of Venezuela Is Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize
The Norwegian Nobel Committee praised “her tireless work promoting democratic rights.” Ms. Machado, who built one of Venezuela’s most important political movements, has been in hiding since last year.
Trade war rebooted: China's rare-earth controls put US-China relations back on edge
For a moment it looked like the relationship between China and the US was showing signs of improvement.
Which artists are speaking up about Palestine?
From letters to pins to concerts to boycotts, artists risk roles and deals to back a Gaza ceasefire.
Denmark to boost Arctic defence by $4.26bn, plans to buy 16 new F-35s
The investment is the latest in Denmark's multibillion-dollar spending spree amid Trump's threats to acquire Greenland.
Rare wildflowers blanket Atacama desert
One of the world's driest deserts is transformed into a sea of wildflowers after a rare bloom.
Icebreakers and golf spark Trump and Finnish leader's unlikely friendship
Alexander Stubb has become a key voice for Europe at the White House amid the Ukraine war.
Tens of thousands of Palestinians return to northern Gaza as Trump says deal is 'great for everyone'
Tens of thousands of Palestinians have returned to northern Gaza following the Israeli military's announcement of a ceasefire, which mediators hope will bring an end to the two-year conflict.