☕️ Ex-student arrested for hacking uni

So close. Triple Olympic champion Faith Kipyegon attempted a feat no woman has achieved before - and is still chasing her dream.

The Kenyan set out to become the first woman to run the mile (1,609m) in under four minutes. Her previous personal best, which was also the world record, was 4:07.64.

She beat her record, but still fell short of the elusive barrier, recording a time of 4:06.42 - 1.22 seconds faster than her world record. Unfortunately, the record won’t count, as she used ‘pacers’ (people running beside her), which is against World Athletics rules.

But she isn’t giving up on breaking the barrier. After the race, Kipyegon said: “This was the first trial. We are learning many lessons from this race. I will go back to the drawing board to get it right. And I think there is more in the tank.”

We’ve got Faith.

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The 27-year-old woman is facing 20 charges, including offences related to accessing restricted data, using dishonesty to obtain financial advantage, and threats to sell confidential student data on the dark web.

According to NSW Police, the woman first hacked the uni to gain discounted parking, before “progressing over time” to more serious breaches like changing academic results and fraud.

Detective Acting Superintendent Jason Smith said it’s believed the incidents “ were driven by the person’s grievances with the university, which were not resolved to their liking.”

NSW Police said the woman was studying engineering at WSU when her alleged cyberbreaches began. However, Smith said she continued to target the university when she was no longer a student.

Smith said the cyberattacks caused “significant disruptions” to WSU, with hundreds of staff and students believed to have been impacted.

The woman has been refused bail and is due in court this week.

Smith warned hackers “ who think that they can hide behind technology or layers of encryption” are “living on borrowed time.”

“We will identify you, and we'll bring you to justice,” he said.

Reporting by Emma Gillespie.

Dozens of countries have committed to increase the spend of their national revenue on defence to 5% within a decade. Previously it was 2%.

The announcement came at the NATO summit in the Netherlands overnight.

The U.S. has been urging its allies, including Australia, to increase their defence expenditure.

However, Australia has not committed to the 5% because it is not a member of NATO.

NATO is a military alliance of 32 European and North American countries.

The organisation’s founding treaty states: “An attack against one Ally is considered as an attack against all Allies.“

This binds members to go to war on each other’s behalf.

Australia is not a NATO member, but is considered an official “partner”.

Since 2006, NATO members have committed to spending at least 2% of their GDP (the total value of a country’s goods and services) on defence.

In the latest reporting update from 2024, 23 of 32 members met or exceeded the 2% target.

NATO countries spent more than $US1.4 trillion ($AU2.2 trillion) on defence last year.

Portugal, Italy, and Spain are among the nine countries that fell short of the 2% measure.

NATO members have now agreed to increase GDP spending to 5% by 2035.

In a joint declaration, the “allies” agreed to the plan, broken down into two spending areas: military and national security.

Core military spending will be allocated to areas such as munitions and warships.

National security will involve cybersecurity and infrastructure.

The spending commitment will be reviewed in 2029.

NATO chief Mark Rutte has identified Russia and China’s military build-ups as major long-term threats.

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping are vocally opposed to the alliance.

“I’m hopeful and cautiously optimistic we will get there,” Rutte told reporters in relation to the additional spending.

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has announced his country is exempt from the commitment, following protests against an increase in defence spending. U.S. President Donald Trump called Spain’s plans “terrible”.

Australia’s Defence Minister Richard Marles attended the NATO summit.

Earlier this month, U.S. Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth urged Australia and other allies to increase their defence spending. In response, Marles said Australia will determine spending figures “in our national interest”.

At the summit, Marles did not commit to a 5% GDP target. He said Australia has seen the largest “peacetime” increase in defence spending over recent years.

Reporting by Harry Sekulich.

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Reporting by Emma Gillespie.

‘The Social Network’, the 2010 film about Facebook’s origin story, is getting a sequel.

The new movie will dive into a more recent, darker chapter for the company, based on the Wall Street Journal's ‘Facebook Files’ investigation from 2021.

The investigation revealed internal information showing Facebook knew it was spreading harmful content and violence globally.

‘The West Wing’ creator Aaron Sorkin, who wrote the script for the 2010 film, first suggested he was working on a sequel on a podcast last year. He is rumoured to be directing the new film.

There has been no word yet on whether Jesse Eisenberg will return as the hoodie-wearing CEO.

Reporting by Rosa Bowden.

The ABC unlawfully dismissed journalist Antoinette Lattouf by cutting short her week-long radio hosting role, the federal court has ruled.

Lattouf was sacked after sharing a Human Rights Watch post on social media in December 2023.

She accused the public broadcaster of unfairly dismissing her for holding a political opinion – an argument the ABC rejected, but the court upheld.

In today’s deep dive, we’ll take you through the Lattouf ruling and what it means for Australian media.