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Two police cars rammed by youths driving stolen vehicles in Katherine

Two police cars were rammed by two stolen vehicles southeast of Darwin in an incident which police have linked to a “reckless” social media trend. Police were alerted to two stolen cars being driven dangerously in Katherine about 11pm on Wednesday, shortly before footage shows the vehicles swerving into two police cars parked on the side of Katherine Terrace. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Police cars rammed by teenagers in stolen vehicles as part of worrying social media trend Watch the latest News on Channel 7 or stream for free on 7plus >> Several police officers are seen rushing from a building to chase after the two stolen cars. Two offenders jumped out of one of the stolen vehicles, which had been damaged in the collision. They pair were picked up by the second stolen car which then drove off. Footage captured two cars driving erratically down a street in Katherine, 320km south east of Darwin. Credit: NT Police The cars can be seen intentionally swerving towards the two parke...

Aussie accounts among 26.6 million user logins stolen by cyber crooks since 2018

Thousands of Australians are among the five million people whose personal data has been stolen by cyber criminals in the last five years, a new study has found. Cyber crooks were able to use bots to steal 26.6 million usernames and passwords since 2018, with the sensitive data of 10,000 Australians impacted, according to the NordVPN study. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: How to safely store and manage your passwords. Watch the latest news and stream for free on 7plus >> Among the logins were details for 720,000 Google accounts , 654,000 Microsoft profiles and 647,000 Facebook logins , which are then sold on a bot market for an average price of $6 each. The study, which analysed three major bot markets — Genesis, the Russian market and 2Easy — also found Netflix, Paypal, Amazon, Instagram and Apple Store logins listed for sale. Experts say criminals use data-harvesting bot malware that steals logins together with cookies and device configuration information — the combination of which he...