Emotet botnet malware
taken down by global
police stingA botnet dubbed the “world’s
most dangerous” was disrupted
by global police action. Emotet
allowed cybercriminals to
gain unauthorised access to
computer systems across the
globe. Attackers would then sell
access to other criminal groups.4 NETHERLANDS
India’s Jio tests 5G and
aims to rid country of
2G networksIndian digital services company
Jio, a subsidiary of the Reliance
industries Conglomerate, began
tests for 5G in the country.
The tests saw throughputs of 1
Gbps achieved via 5G radio and
smartphones integrated in Jio’s
5G core network, as part of the
company’s ambition to rid India
of old 2G networks.5 INDIA
Google vs Australia:
the lowdownGoogle’s disagreement with
the Australian government
heated up, with the latter
accusing the company of
infringing on the copyright
of its news organisations.
Threats by Google to pull out
of the country altogether have
been met with calls to move
to rival search engine Bing.6 AUSTRALIA
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