The alleged owner of Kick Ass Torrents (KAT), the most popular file-sharing site, has been arrested in Poland and faces extradition to the US to face criminal conspiracy charges. [ + ]

Data of 2m users leaked in Ubuntu web forum hack, Telstra to acquire mobility solution provider MSC Mobility, and Fiat Chrysler wants you to hack its cars. [ + ]

The Australian Red Cross's Blood Service division is implementing a new donor relationship management system using cloud offerings from Oracle. [ + ]

NetComm Wireless CEO David Stewart was awarded the highest honour at the 10th Annual Communications Alliance ACOMM Awards Dinner. [ + ]

The Australian Smart Communities Association will work with major companies including Telstra, Intel and Cisco to assist local councils in planning and executing smart city projects. [ + ]

A new not-for-profit government-industry alliance aims to ensure Australia does not get left behind in the Internet of Things revolution. [ + ]

The Australian IT sector is grappling with a worsening skills shortage as digital transformation efforts including cloud migrations leave qualified professionals in short supply, research suggests. [ + ]

Digital health company iPug has relocated to San Francisco to support its expansion and has collaborated with UQ to apply its mobile-friendly gamification technology to a burn injury prevention campaign. [ + ]

Despite reporting its third consecutive year of declining revenue, Symantec remained on top of the global security software market in 2015, according to Gartner. [ + ]

The Smart Cities Council Australia New Zealand launched today, part of a growing global network of smart cities organisations whose goal is to make cities more liveable, workable and sustainable. [ + ]

Nano-Nouvelle's 3D battery technology, which can boost lithium-ion capacity by 50%, will be trialled by two US companies. [ + ]

Over the past three years at least 22,000 organisations worldwide have fallen victim to BEC scams, which involve criminals sending spoof emails from the CEO asking for large money transfers. [ + ]

Seagate will slash 6500 jobs in a restructure, Avast plans to spend US$1.3bn on AVG, and Google's DeepMind AI to be used to diagnose eye disease. [ + ]

Following a contract sourcing process, nbn has selected six delivery partners for the hybrid fibre-coaxial (HFC) component of the multitechnology mix NBN rollout. [ + ]

Sydney's Sitback has secured an exclusive three-year deal to bring to market a web optimisation tool, designed to provide analytics based on the entire user journey, developed by CSIRO's Data61. [ + ]