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• Cubesat training and research centre launches

  ​A new centre which will ready a generation of skilled workers to enter Australia’s burgeoning space industry has officially launched in Sydney.

• Bureau of Meteorology to offer access to data via APIs

  The Bureau of Meteorology is set to launch a number of APIs to deliver easier access to its data.

• RAT malware used to compromise Bureau of Meteorology network

  A new report from the government’s Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) has offered details on the compromise of Bureau of Meteorology systems.

• Prime minister confirms Bureau of Meteorology was hacked

  Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has confirmed a “significant cyber intrusion” took place at the Bureau of Meteorology.

• Bureau of Meteorology working to boost IT security

  The Bureau of Meteorology has again refused to confirm whether its IT systems late last year suffered a serious breach but says it is taking advantage of an infrastructure rebuild centred on its new supercomputer to boost its security posture.

• BoM fallout: Xenophon pushes for security inquiry

  Independent Senator for South Australia, Nick Xenophon, will this afternoon push for a Senate inquiry into a wide-ranging inquiry into IT security in Australia.

• Bureau of Meteorology closemouthed on hack claims

  The Bureau of Meteorology has said it will not comment on claims that it could potentially cost “hundreds of millions of dollars” to remediate systems affected by an alleged security breach.

• Cray to deliver Bureau of Meteorology's new supercomputer

  The Bureau of Meteorology will be able to deliver more accurate, more certain and more frequent weather forecasts thanks to a 1660 teraflop supercomputer, which will eventually have its speed boosted to 5 petaflops.

• Bureau of Meteorology prepares for new supercomputer

  The Bureau of Meteorology has boosted the link between its two data centres from 80 gigabits per second to 200Gbps as it prepares for the installation of a new supercomputer.

• Budget 2014 - Govt funds new Bureau of Meteorology supercomputer

  Last night's federal budget included an unspecified amount of funding for a new supercomputer for the Bureau of Meteorology. The supercomputer, to be used for weather forecasting, will operate for five years from mid-2016, budget documents state.

• BoM tenders for supercomputer

  The Bureau of Meteorology has released a request for tender for the supply and support of a supercomputer.

• ANU launches Australia's largest supercomputer

  A $26 million supercomputer capable of completing 170,000 calculations for every human on the Earth every second was unveiled on Wednesday at the Australian National University (ANU).
  

• Bureau of Meteorology switches on online ads

  The Bureau of Meteorology will be the first federal government agency to accept commercial advertising on its website starting this week.
  

• Global ocean system hits 1 million observations

  Oceanographers announced today that a global observing system – based on drifting sensors that travel from the ocean’s surface to mid-depths – reached the milestone of 1 million ocean observations.
  

• BoM unleashes more accurate weather predictions

  Fires, floods and hurricanes will be predicted more accurately with the introduction of a data modelling system by the Bureau of Meteorology, which can deliver precise seven-day predictions.