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The six words that led Brisbane couple to lose entire life savings

The pair had saved nearly $98,000 for IVF treatment - and that was wiped out.

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Brisbane couple Scott and Danielle White had worked hard to accumulate their life savings — which took just seconds to disappear during the global tech outage last week.

Scammers targeting Aussies in wake of global IT outage

The scammers are claiming to be able to help, using malicious websites and unofficial code.

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A global outage of Microsoft Windows systems, caused by a CyberStrike update, caused chaos on Friday.

‘This is more serious than a cyberattack’: IT outage ends but sparks widespread fears

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Coles check-outs were affected by the outage that crippled much of the country's systems on Friday. (Lukas Coch/AAP PHOTOS)

Billions of passwords leaked in ‘largest ever’ breach

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Almost 10 billion passwords have been leaked in a massive cyber breach.

Android users warned about horrifying attack that locks their phone

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This dad took his life after losing his savings to a scam. He’s not the only one

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Dennis Jones, 82, an avid runner and photographer, took his own life after falling victim to an online scam.