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cover of episode Miss out on Fred tickets? It might have been the bots.

Miss out on Fred tickets? It might have been the bots.

2024/3/12
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Hack

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A Hack investigation has uncovered a co-ordinated effort to scalp Fred again.. tickets. One analyst reckons 20% of ticket purchases being made were done by bots and sold on for huge markups, and experts say big businesses can't keep up. 

And a kill notice, some dodgy photoshop and an Instagram apology: what is going on with the royal response to those Princess Kate rumours? 

Plus, a food bank in regional Victoria is trialling a new kind of food shop: a free supermarket for uni students. 

Guests: 

  • Dr Shaanan Cohney, cybersecurity expert, University of Melbourne 
  • Sean-Paul Stephens, CEO, Ngarluma Yindjibarndi Foundation