
The Telstra and Microsoft GovHack IoT challenge See the full challenge breakdown here on GovHack. That’s why Telstra and Microsoft came together at GovHack 2021 to challenge the hackathon participants to think of ways that IoT insights might improve regional agribusiness at scale.

Environmentally-friendly techniques and technology are key to meeting the food demand and offering the right nutrition to consumers. Plus, with the increased prevalence of droughts, natural disasters, harmful pests and climate change, it's never been more important to innovate for sustainable and resilient farming practices.

This puts us Aussies at a huge advantage. It's more sustainable and economic to ship software around than fresh produce or livestock. “It was posted to Breach Forum last week as information a hacker has tried to sell off as new information.”Ī Telstra spokesman later said the company had been made aware of a data breach affecting a third party that included limited Telstra employee information from 2017.Our GovHack 2021 challege explored how AgTech can improve sustainable agribusiness.Īustralia is well-known for its world-leading agriculture exports. Perhaps lesser known, however, is the potential of Australian agtech (agriculture technology ) to bring more sustainable, scalable and relevant food and resources to the world.Īs an export, AgTech is scalable and less dependant upon population size or geographical location. “It’s old information from 2017, a lot of it wouldn’t be relevant. it’s a platform we no longer use and haven’t used for a number of years,” they said. “It’s not a breach of an internal system. They also said it was not a new data breach or a breach of any of the company’s systems. While a source at Telstra confirmed the details had been leaked on the forum last week, they said it was information that was “no longer relevant” and there was no personal identification contained in it, simply professional details, no different than what could be found on Google or LinkedIn.

It’s claimed that an executive at the telecommunications giant said the minor hack related mainly to details handled by a third company party for Telstra’s WorkLife NAB rewards program for staff at the time.

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