It’s almost time to say goodbye to Selina Meyer.
HBO’s hit political comedy “Veep” will end after the broadcast of its seventh season in 2018, per The Hollywood Reporter.
“It became clear that this season should be the last season,” Julia Louis-Dreyfus, the satirical show’s star and producer, told the publication on Wednesday.
MORE: ‘Veep’ Is Ending And Fans Just Can’t Handle The News
A massive ransomware attack has hit computers and servers across the globe causing turmoil in its path.
Could you be affected? Here’s what we know so far.
The attack first shut down operations in Russia — including at Russia’s biggest oil company — and Ukraine before spreading to computers in Romania, the Netherlands, Norway, France, Spain, and Britain.
In a matter of hours, the attack had gone global, hitting the US and India.
Now, it’s also understood some businesses in Australia — including the Cadbury chocolate factory in Hobart — are also affected.
It’s believed the latest attack might be a ransomware virus called Petya and hidden in an innocuous document sent through email.
It freezes a user’s computer until a “ransom” is paid in virtual currency bitcoin.
The director of the Australian Centre for Cyber Security at UNSW, Professor Jill Slay, said the attack seemed to be in Europe, Russia and reaching the US.
“It spreads apparently by having a ‘bad’ instruction — like a small piece of computer code — hidden inside a Word or PDF document,” Professor Slay said.
“This bad instruction attacks a Windows operating system basically taking over a computer — in this case it seizes the files and encrypts them and then the bad guys ask for money to decrypt — this means you cannot open or read your own files.”
It’s also been suggested to have used the same tactics as the Wannacry attack last month…
Former Ipswich mayor Paul Pisasale is arrested and charged with extortion amid an investigation by the Crime and Corruption Commission (CCC).
Mr Pisasale was arrested by the CCC this afternoon in Ipswich and was taken to the Brisbane police watch house where he was formally charged with extortion and two other offences.
The CCC said the investigation was ongoing.
Prior to being charged, acting Ipswich Mayor Paul Tully said he and his colleagues were shocked by Mr Pisasale’s arrest.
“We had no warning that this could happen, but the city must go on and we’re going to provide positive leadership into the future,” Cr Tully said.
“Our sympathies do go out to Paul’s family who are obviously very concerned at this difficult time.
“I think people will still remember Paul whatever happens as the person who put Ipswich on the map, did a lot of economic development for the city.
The suspect, who is believed to be in his 20s, shot at the police officers during an arrest on Thursday, officials said.
He had refused to surrender to police and shot his rifle at two officers, wounding both of them.
Police said that they ‘controlled the assailant’ following the attack, adding that the man had ‘converted recently to Islam’.
It is currently unknown why the man was being arrested.
French officials have launched a counter-terrorism investigation into the shooting.
More to follow.
Source: Police ‘wounded by Islamist’ on France’s Réunion island | Daily Mail Online
The British songstress has taken to Instagram to reminiscing the success of her Perth concerts from the week, while in preparation for her Brisbane concerts.
Adele is currently in preparation mode for her Brisbane shows.
But it seems the British songstress is reminiscing the success of her Perth concerts from the week before.
The 28-year-old took to Instagram to share a photo of herself in rehearsals at the Domain Stadium wielding a T-shirt cannon.
Wearing a relaxed white sundress and aviator sunglasses, Adele had a big grin on her face and looked like she was fun.
More than 570,000 of the Hello hit maker’s fans loved her candid image, with plenty of them praising her performances.
Source: Adele wielding a T-shirt cannon at her Perth concert | Daily Mail Online
