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Time of India
6 days ago
- Business
- Time of India
Queensland data security breach exposes data of thousands as man hacks into multiple financial service offices
Thousands of Queensland residents could be victims of a serious data breach after a man allegedly broke into multiple financial service offices across the state, stealing sensitive personal and financial information, 9News has learned. According to court documents obtained by 9News, Joseph Kelly, a man in his 30s, has been charged in connection with a string of break-ins that targeted Mortgage Choice branches and an ITP Tax office between Monday and Wednesday of this week. Explore courses from Top Institutes in Select a Course Category Data Science Management Healthcare Artificial Intelligence Leadership Data Analytics CXO Public Policy Degree MBA Cybersecurity Project Management others Product Management Finance Operations Management Data Science PGDM Technology Digital Marketing MCA Others Design Thinking Skills you'll gain: Strategic Data-Analysis, including Data Mining & Preparation Predictive Modeling & Advanced Clustering Techniques Machine Learning Concepts & Regression Analysis Cutting-edge applications of AI, like NLP & Generative AI Duration: 8 Months IIM Kozhikode Professional Certificate in Data Science and Artificial Intelligence Starts on Jun 26, 2024 Get Details Police allege Kelly broke into five locations, three on the Gold Coast, one in Logan, and one in Ipswich, and stole computers and filing cabinets. He is accused of transferring large volumes of confidential client data onto his own encrypted device. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Play War Thunder now for free War Thunder Play Now Undo What was stolen? Authorities believe the compromised data may include: Live Events Driver's licences Passport information Payslips Mortgage applications While the full scope of the breach is still being determined, ITP Queensland says it has already contacted 64 affected clients. Mortgage Choice is continuing to investigate how much of its customers' information has been compromised. The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) has confirmed that its own systems have not been compromised, despite links to tax offices being targeted. Criminal charges Kelly has been charged not only with the break-ins but also with possession of dangerous drugs and attempted unlawful entry at another office in Robina. Police sources say separate fraud charges may be filed for each individual whose information was stolen, potentially numbering in the hundreds or thousands. He has been remanded in custody, and the case is scheduled to return to Southport Magistrates Court next Monday.
Axios
16-07-2025
- Business
- Axios
How investors lose money when bitcoin rises
The whole crypto market is going up, with bitcoin setting new all-time highs almost every other day. Why it matters: Exciting times like these explain why more people who have invested in crypto report losing money, rather than making it. The big picture: Most people enter markets when the prices are going up fast. Remember Warren Buffett's famous adage: "Be fearful when others are greedy and greedy when others are fearful." In the crypto markets, people are very greedy right now. Yes, but: That doesn't necessarily mean buying now is a bad move. It just depends on what your goals are. Some people with average incomes have done very well in the crypto market by approaching it with a long-term mindset. The people who have lost money in bull runs have been those that got scared when the price started to fall fast. Catch up quick: The peak in the last cycle hit in November 2021, above $67,000, but it fell to a low of $15,742 a year later (a 77% loss), amid the FTX collapse. Bitcoin has been periodically setting new all-time highs ever since spot ETFs were approved in early 2024. It first broke $100,000 late last year. Threat level: Joseph Kelly, CEO of bitcoin finance and security firm Unchained Capital, tells Axios that he sees two ways people lose money again and again when the market perks up. "One shouldn't go looking to alternative cryptocurrencies as a way to get in on something that looks like it could be the next Bitcoin," he tells Axios. Bitcoin has a much brighter future than any of its imitators, he predicts. He also warns new entrants to "be aware of your security footing and ensure your bitcoins are safe from cyber and physical threats of theft and loss." For example, don't tell people you have it. By the numbers: So far bitcoin price has never fallen over any four-year period, even starting at a prior price peak. In fact, very few investors have lost money if they held for three years or more. And, today, the crypto market has considerably more fundamental strength than it had in past upswings. When looked at that way, the 80% downturns that have hit Bitcoin in the past have been a boon to long term buyers. What they're saying: Sharp corrections could hit before the final all-time high. Long-time Bitcoin technical analyst Willy Woo said on X, "There's a ton of profit in coins that have been selling and plenty more profit-taking to go before we are properly reset." The bottom line: Investors who have conviction about bitcoin or another cryptocurrency have a decent shot at doing well, provided they have the nerve to ride out some drops and stick around a while. But if you're looking at a crypto app right now because you think you can get rich quick, there's a decent chance that you will end up making profits for someone else.
Irish Times
27-06-2025
- Business
- Irish Times
RTÉ HR manager denies newsroom worker had to ‘misrepresent himself to Revenue' to get shifts with broadcaster
A senior human resources manager at RTÉ has denied at the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) that it got a media worker to 'misrepresent his employment status' to the taxman to get shifts in its newsroom. The worker, Joseph Kelly, claims he was denied the statutory entitlements to paid leave and Sunday premium pay that would normally accrue to an employee while he was engaged by the broadcaster under a 'freelance' contract between 2012 and 2018. The State broadcaster, however, argues that Mr Kelly was paid all Sunday premiums owed, along with annual leave and public holidays. RTÉ was found liable for a €36,000 bill for the period by the Department of Social Protection after it ruled in 2022 that Mr Kelly had been employed since 2012. READ MORE However, it maintains the ruling only pertains to insurability of employment and that the claims are out of time. Questioned repeatedly about Mr Kelly's status at a hearing on Thursday, a senior human resources manager at RTÉ said: 'We absolutely accept the insurability decision. The reality was that the contract Joseph signed was a sole trader agreement. I can't rewrite history, that's what it was.' The WRC was hearing evidence in complaints brought under the Organisation of Working Time Act 2005 and the Terms of Employment (Information) Act 1994 by Mr Kelly. Mr Kelly's representative, Martin McMahon, said the Department's Scope ruling showed his client 'should have been treated as an employee' by RTÉ since 2012, and it therefore followed that he had been denied various pay-related statutory rights set out in his complaints. IATA Director General Willie Walsh on airline profits, air fares and why the Dublin Airport passenger cap makes Ireland a laughing stock Listen | 35:56 Mr Kelly claims he was denied the entitlement to paid annual leave, not paid for public holidays, and did not receive a premium for Sunday work from 2012 to 2018. He further alleges he was not provided with a statement of his core terms of employment. Giving evidence on Thursday, Mr Kelly said: 'The way I was brought in was by word of mouth. My name was given to a guy, I was brought in, talked to a manager, it was a casual interview. When I was coming in, HR said I had to be a sole trader, so I became a sole trader,' he said. Mr Kelly said his job at that time in the broadcaster's media ingest department from 2012 to 2018 was to 'cover the guys in the room' – all of whom were RTÉ employees – and to do 'whatever was needed of me'. It was a 'high-pressure role' where Mr Kelly and his co-workers received and organised multimedia material and recorded news feeds from across the world in preparation for news broadcasts, the complainant said. 'I wouldn't have received time off. It's famine or feast – you might have a month where you might get two days; you might have a month where you only get two days off,' Mr Kelly told the hearing. This situation continued from 2012 to 2018, when the ingest room manager 'got a promotion' and an employee 'moved up' into the management position, leaving an open vacancy, whereupon he 'became staff', Mr Kelly said. He told the WRC that due to the fact he was self employed, he 'wasn't allowed' to apply for internal jobs. Having received a staff contract, he later secured a more senior position as a newsroom co-ordinator in 2023, he said. He also said he believed he should have got incremental pay rises and could have advanced to a more senior role more quickly if he had access to internal staff competitions and that he 'should be on a higher rate than I'm on now'. Addressing Mr Kelly's current contract in cross-examination, RTÉ's solicitor, Seamus Given of Arthur Cox, put it to the complainant that he was on point 12 of a 14-point salary scale in his current role, after 11 years' service. 'I'm putting it to you are correctly positioned,' Mr Given said. 'Well, I would say no,' Mr Kelly said. Angela McEvoy, a senior HR manager at RTÉ, gave evidence that in that period Kelly was paid all Sunday premium owed, along with annual leave and public holidays, referring to a payroll report submitted by the broadcaster. Questioning Ms McEvoy, Mr McMahon said: 'Joseph was an employee of RTÉ from 2012 to 2018, that's the legal position, uncontested by RTÉ. Joseph's increments would be different if RTÉ accepted all those years of service, yes or no?' 'No, we're saying not, because Mr Kelly is on point 12 of the salary scale, that is obviously close to the top of the salary scale,' Ms McEvoy said. Asked whether RTÉ informed Mr Kelly that he had been 'misclassified as self-employed' when he was first put on an employment contract in 2018, Ms McEvoy said: 'No, because there was no need to do that. There was no need to inform Mr Kelly of anything like that.' 'Joseph was offered employment in RTÉ, but legally Joseph had been an employee from 2012, do you accept that?' Mr McMahon said. 'No I don't,' Ms McMahon said. 'You've accepted it in Social Welfare, why won't you accept it here?' Mr McMahon asked. 'What RTÉ accepted is a PRSI insurability decision going back to 2012,' the witness said. Mr McMahon continued to press Ms McEvoy on this point for some time and received the same answer. She said at one stage: 'You're saying there's a contract of employment. We absolutely accept an insurability decision. The reality was that the contract Joseph signed was a sole trader agreement. I can't rewrite history, that's what it was,' she said. Addressing the contract for services signed by Mr Kelly in 2012, Mr McMahon put it to her that RTÉ 'has the power in that situation' and that there was 'no negotiation' of its terms. 'I don't accept what you're saying. There is a choice for an individual to sign or not. Nobody is forced to sign,' she said. She agreed that it was a term of the contract that a worker 'had to be registered as self-employed in order to access a self-employment agreement' with RTÉ at that time. Mr McMahon said it was an offence to 'procure an employee to misrepresent themselves to the Revenue Commissioners'. 'In the contract, black and white, [it states] RTÉ has to receive written confirmation from the Revenue Commissioners that Joseph can be treated as self-employed for tax purposes,' Mr McMahon said. 'Do you accept RTÉ did procure Joseph to misrepresent himself to Revenue?' Mr McMahon said. 'Absolutely not,' Ms McEvoy said. Adjudication officer John Harraghy has concluded his hearings into the matter and will issue his decision in writing to the parties in due course.
RTÉ News
27-06-2025
- Business
- RTÉ News
RTÉ HR manager denies making worker 'misrepresent' tax status
A senior human resources manager at RTÉ has denied that it procured a media worker to "misrepresent his employment status" to the taxman to get shifts in its newsroom. The worker, Joseph Kelly, claims he was denied the statutory entitlements to paid leave and Sunday premium pay that would normally accrue to an employee while he was engaged by the broadcaster under a "freelance" contract between 2012 and 2018. The State broadcaster, however, argues that Mr Kelly was paid all Sunday premium owed, along with annual leave and public holidays. RTÉ was found liable for a €36,000 bill for the period by the Department of Social Protection after it ruled in 2022 that Mr Kelly had been employed since 2012. However, it maintains the ruling only pertains to insurability of employment and that the claims are out of time. Questioned repeatedly about Mr Kelly's status at a hearing yesterday, a senior human resources manager at RTÉ said: "We absolutely accept the insurability decision. The reality was that the contract Joseph signed was a sole trader agreement. I can't rewrite history, that's what it was." The WRC was hearing evidence in complaints brought under the Organisation of Working Time Act 2005 and the Terms of Employment (Information) Act 1994 by Mr Kelly. Mr Kelly's representative, Martin McMahon, said the Scope ruling showed his client "should have been treated as an employee" by RTÉ since 2012, and it therefore followed that he had been denied various pay-related statutory rights set out in his complaints. Mr Kelly claims he was denied the entitlement to paid annual leave, not paid for public holidays, and did not receive a premium for Sunday work from 2012 to 2018. He further alleges he was not provided with a statement of his core terms of employment. Giving evidence yesterday, Mr Kelly said: "The way I was brought in was by word of mouth. "My name was given to a guy, I was brought in, talked to a manager, it was a casual interview. When I was coming in, HR said I had to be a sole trader, so I became a sole trader," he said. Mr Kelly said his job at that time in the broadcaster's media ingest department from 2012 to 2018 was to "cover the guys in the room" - all of whom were RTÉ employees - and to do "whatever was needed of me". It was a "high-pressure role" where Mr Kelly and his coworkers received and organised multimedia material and recorded news feeds from across the world in preparation for news broadcasts, the complainant said. "I wouldn't have received time off. It's famine or feast - you might have a month where you might get two days; you might have a month where you only get two days off," Mr Kelly told the hearing. This situation continued from 2012 to 2018, when the ingest room manager "got a promotion" and an employee "moved up" into the management position, leaving an open vacancy, whereupon he "became staff", Mr Kelly said. He told the WRC that due to the fact he was self employed, he "wasn't allowed" to apply for internal jobs. Having received a staff contract, he later secured a more senior position as a newsroom coordinator in 2023, he said. He also said he believed he should have got incremental pay rises and could have advanced to a more senior role more quickly if he had access to internal staff competitions and that he "should be on a higher rate than I'm on now". Addressing Mr Kelly's current contract in cross-examination, RTÉ's solicitor, Seamus Given of Arthur Cox, put it to the complainant that he was on point 12 of a 14-point salary scale in his current role, after 11 years' service. "I'm putting it to you are correctly positioned," Mr Given said. "Well, I would say no," Mr Kelly said. Angela McEvoy, a senior HR manager at RTÉ, gave evidence that in that period Kelly was paid all Sunday premium owed, along with annual leave and public holidays, referring to a payroll report submitted by the broadcaster. Questioning Ms McEvoy, Mr McMahon said: "Joseph was an employee of RTÉ from 2012 to 2018, that's the legal position, uncontested by RTÉ. Joseph's increments would be different if RTÉ accepted all those years of service, yes or no?" "No, we're saying not, because Mr Kelly is on point 12 of the salary scale, that is obviously close to the top of the salary scale," Ms McEvoy said. Asked whether RTÉ informed Mr Kelly that he had been "misclassified as self-employed" when he was first put on an employment contract in 2018, Ms McEvoy said: "No, because there was no need to do that. There was no need to inform Mr Kelly of anything like that." "Joseph was offered employment in RTÉ, but legally Joseph had been an employee from 2012, do you accept that?" Mr McMahon said. "No I don't," Ms McEvoy said. "You've accepted it in Social Welfare, why won't you accept it here?" Mr McMahon asked. "What RTÉ accepted is a PRSI insurability decision going back to 2012," the witness said. Mr McMahon continued to press Ms McEvoy on this point for some time and received the same answer. She said at one stage: "You're saying there's a contract of employment. We absolutely accept an insurability decision. "The reality was that the contract Joseph signed was a sole trader agreement. I can't rewrite history, that's what it was," she said. Addressing the contract for services signed by Mr Kelly in 2012, Mr McMahon put it to her that RTÉ "has the power in that situation" and that there was "no negotiation" of its terms. "I don't accept what you're saying. There is a choice for an individual to sign or not. Nobody is forced to sign," she said. She agreed that it was a term of the contract that a worker "had to be registered as self-employed in order to access a self-employment agreement" with RTÉ at that time. Mr McMahon said it was an offence to "procure an employee to misrepresent themselves to the Revenue Commissioners". "In the contract, black and white, [it states] RTÉ has to receive written confirmation from the Revenue Commissioners that Joseph can be treated as self-employed for tax purposes," Mr McMahon said. "Do you accept RTÉ did procure Joseph to misrepresent himself to Revenue?" Mr McMahon said. "Absolutely not," Ms McEvoy said.
International Business Times
02-06-2025
- International Business Times
Georgia Mayor, Wife Arrested on Child Molestation, Cruelty Charges
The Decatur County Sheriff's Office (DCSO) announced on Sunday evening the arrest of 38-year-old Joseph Kelly, and his 44-year-old wife Natalie Kelly. Joseph Kelly is the current mayor of Climax, Georgia. He has been charged with two counts of child molestation. His wife, Natalie, is charged with two counts of cruelty to children in the second degree, as reported by The Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI). According to the Sheriff's Office release, DCSO had been called Saturday to assist the Georgia Bureau of Investigations. GBI was investigating allegations that Joseph Kelly had sexual contact with multiple minors. Both Joseph and Natalie Kelly were arrested later that same day by GBI agents and Decatur County Sheriff's Office investigators. They were booked into the Decatur County Jail. GBI said Joseph Kelly is also employed by the Decatur County School District. According to this Facebook post, Joseph Kelly was a teacher at Bainbridge High School and was also awarded with the "Teacher of the Year" honor. DCSO says at this time, there is no indication that the alleged acts are related to Kelly's employment as Mayor. Once GBI's investigation is complete, it will be turned over to the South Georgia Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office for prosecution.
