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Friday April 26, 2013 This Week's Top Stories Australian LulzSec hacker arrested JAMES W. MANNING | Australian police have arrested IT security professional and self-proclaimed leader of an international hacking ring Matthew Flannery after he allegedly infiltrated a government website this month. Twitter hoax shakes US markets Hackers took control of the AP Twitter account and sent a false tweet of two explosions in the White House, briefly shaking financial markets. 'Proudly pro-Assad': behind Twitter hacks The Syrian Electronic Army is a real online threat, as media organisations and universities across the world are discovering. Review: Best tablets for business David Flynn | The business market is proving a tough nut for tablet manufacturers to crack - even with Microsoft in their corner. Security Clients 'not a target' in hack 12:30am | The Sydney company that employed the self-proclaimed leader of an international hacking ring says he did not target any of its clients. Hoax tweet tests firms that filter social media for Wall Street Firms that scour social media for information to help investors and traders make money faced their biggest test this week. Malware hijacks Twitter accounts Malware designed to gain access to users' banking credentials uses Twitter to reach more victims. Syrian hackers hijack FIFA's Twitter The official Twitter accounts of the Football World Cup and FIFA's president have been taken over by Syrian hackers. Public Sector Scrum before Qld Health payroll system rolled out Adversarial, simmering tensions between IBM and Queensland Health staff in the lead up to the failed health payroll system rollout: inquiry. Ads forecast to cloud weather bureau's website Advertisers can now pay to place their ads on one of the government's most popular websites after the Bureau of Meteorology launched its one-year trial of paid advertisements this week. Toss-up: NBN plans Adam Turner | Both parties intend to overhaul Australia's broadband infrastructure, but the NBN will be scaled back if the Coalition wins the election. Payroll staff face axe BRIDIE JABOUR | Almost 150 Queensland Health payroll staff positions have been cut from 980 this financial year and the voluntary redundancies could continue until hundreds more are gone.   Advertisement Business IT Big Data Twitter settles dispute with Rich Jodee Rich has reached a settlement with Twitter that allows his analytics firm PeopleBrowsr to continue to buy Twitter's data until the end of 2013. IP Telephony Telstra Digital Businesses left without phone LIA TIMSON | Telstra Digital Business customers were without telephone services on Thursday, with some having internet connectivity issues as well. Big data Spending big on big data Stuart Corner | Australian companies are spending hundreds of millions of dollars on big data, up there with the leaders. Strategy Return to the core for uni tech Trevor Clarke | Mobility and the BYO device craze have ceased to be the top priority for Australia's university technology chiefs. Payments Bitcoin gains currency Liam Tung | It's still far from reaching mainstream acceptance, but is slowly attracting merchants and payment providers that may help validate it as a medium of exchange. Advertisement Jobs Jobs 'Great IT talent' in Sydney: Amazon boss LIA TIMSON | It appears to go against the outsourcing, offshoring trend, or maybe it's a result of it. Jobs Budget fears as more tech jobs to go ROSS PEAKE | More federal public servants have been told their jobs will disappear, with broadband staff next in line for cuts. Cuts Monash uni urges IT staff to go Monash University is urging dozens of IT workers to take voluntary redundancies, as union warned of further job cuts to come.

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