Pandora is pulling the plug on Australia and New Zealand, the only international territories where it operates, in an effort to focus solely on the United States.

Nominated generic Pandora fall-person had this to say:

“While our experience in these markets reinforces the broader global opportunity long-term, in the short-term we must remain laser-focused on the expansion of our core business in the United States”

Interestingly Pandora’s only non-US based service was in Australia and New Zealand, so effectively the move shuts down their “global” service.

It’s reported that Pandora in Australia had 5 million registered users back in March of this year however I doubt many of them were paying and even less have transitioned to their new streaming music service.

Good luck to the retrenched 50+ employees across the ANZ teams.

Source: Pandora Is Winding Down Operations in Australia and New Zealand | Billboard

Victoria Police has taken the extraordinary step of cancelling all fines issued by speed and red-light cameras hit by the “WannaCry’ computer virus.

Acting Deputy Commissioner Ross Guenther made the announcement on Friday afternoon, saying about 55 cameras were affected by the the WannaCry ransomware virus between June 6 and June 22.

The cameras, most of them in inner-city Melbourne, issued 590 speed and red-light fines during that time.

In a massive back-pedal after yesterday announcing fines were still valid when admitting to the camera’s infections, Victoria Police today say they’re not.

Not being a lawyer my guess is – had they continued with the fines they would’ve likely faced 590 challenges to them. Each contesting the camera’s validity as they were effectively hacked. Just wasn’t worth the fight.

Source: Victoria Police cancel hundreds of speeding fines after WannaCry virus attack