Ex-Post Office boss ‘gave Fujitsu bonus contract despite warnings’

Exclusive: Whistleblowers say Paula Vennells agreed to move archive, which risked destroying data that could clear operators

The former Post Office boss Paula Vennells gave Fujitsu a bonus contract in 2013 to take over an archive of branch data, despite warnings such a move would destroy evidence that might clear operators, whistleblowers have said.

Transaction information was “replatformed” on cost grounds from a “gold standard” external storage system known as Centera to one owned by the Japanese software company running the Post Office’s Horizon IT network.

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Man arrested in Malta in global operation to shut down cybercrime network targeting Australians

Federal police warn they will track down alleged criminals using Warzone trojan software

A man has been arrested as part of an international operation to shut down a global cybercrime network targeting Australians as Australian federal police warn they will track down other people alleged to be involved in the use of the malicious software.

Daniel Meli, 27, was arrested in Malta on 7 February for allegedly selling and training criminals in the use of Warzone, a remote access trojan software that bypasses security systems and remotely accesses computers without the victims’ knowledge.

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