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Exclusive: Breaches linked to ‘social engineering’ rise by more than 440% after nine reported last yearGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastServices Australia has seen a massive surge in data breaches by scammers harvesting information from previous hacks and using it to access customer accounts, Guardian Australia can reveal.Data obtained under freedom of information by a user, known as CR, on the transparency website Right to Know reveals that, as of 5 July, Services Australia had reported 49 data breaches as a result of social engineering – where people call an agency pretending to be someone

Thousands of public transport users are having to rethink their schedules, commutes and lives as the T3 line metro conversion beginsGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastWhile it only takes Alexander Saroussidis 20 minutes to get to uni this week, his commute could balloon out to more than 90 minutes come Monday, much to his frustration.The 19-year-old is among the thousands of residents who will be affected by the closure of the T3 train line from Bankstown to Sydenham, and is not looking forward to depending on the replacement buses.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news

Australia’s lack of transparency and funding leave it on the outer as researchers worldwide explore alternatives for training, study and testingGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA global shift in scientific and medical research is under way as countries hope to phase out experimentation on animals – but Australia risks being left behind.The transition from using animals to alternatives based on human cells, tissue and data is driving multibillion-dollar growth in new technologies and methods. However, industry leaders and insiders warn Australia will miss those opportunities due to a lack of funding, opaque record keeping and

Residents of Lebanon’s capital flee their homes and seek shelter as the death toll from Israel’s airstrikes risesGunshots fired into the air, women wailing in the streets, the ever-present buzz of drones and the distant thud of Israeli airstrikes: this was the sound of mourning in Beirut on Saturday. Hassan Nasrallah, who led Hezbollah for 32 years, was dead, killed in an Israeli airstrike on Dahieh, in the southern suburbs of Beirut, the day before.For many in Lebanon, his killing had been unimaginable. But Israel’s war with Hezbollah had long surpassed what was previously thought possible. Pagers had exploded in