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Jeremy Kaplan: “Google recently launched Journalist Studio, a toolkit with free reporting and data visualization resources. The tools are easy to use, well-designed and immediately applicable to big reporting projects and small research inquiries. Some of these tools have been around for a while, so part of this launch is just glossy repackaging. Pinpoint is the most valuable part of the toolkit. It provides you with a free digital hub for storing and analyzing massive datasets of documents, emails, audio files, handwritten notes and more. You can store up to 200,000 documents in each collection, and up to 100gb overall. Request more space if you need it…”
This website gorgeously illustrates whether your investments are ruining the planet - Fast Company – “All investment platforms will show you the financial value of your portfolio. But a new visual platform made by Dutch design firm Clever Franke for Swiss bank Globalance goes a step further: It maps your portfolio’s macro-level social and environmental effects. The interface, called Globalance World, makes it easier to figure out how your money can do good. Users can review the impact of everything from entire market indices like the S&P 500 to individual companies like Microsoft through a series of data visualizations. What’s more, each portfolio or asset can be looked at through four perspectives: climate, megatrends, footprint, and returns. Users with a Globalance portfolio can also get a personalized map that shows the impact of their personal investments…”
The $8.7 million cyber hit on Sydney hedge fund Levitas Capital was one of almost 2000 similar hacks over the past five months, according to federal government figures that show a doubling in this style of attack.
The spike in cyber crime has prompted the Australian Federal Police to establish "Operation Dolos" and team up with law-enforcement agencies in Europe, the UK and US to combat what is known as "Business Email Compromise".
The AFP declined to say who it believed was responsible for the surge in attacks, but cyber experts said a trail of digital crumbs led back to Chinese hackers and Middle Eastern crime gangs, who were increasingly targeting the Australian funds management industry.
Commander Chris Goldsmid, who heads the AFP's cyber crime unit, said $174 million had been stolen from Australian businesses since July last year through these email scams.
This comprised of 2200 successful attacks in the year to June 30 and almost 2000 attacks since that time, according to figures compiled by government agency ReportCyber.
