The truth behind Prince Philip’s infamous ‘spear’ gaffe with Aboriginal dancer in Australia

One of the Aboriginal dancers who Prince Philip infamously asked if indigenous Australians ‘still throws spears at each other’ says the comment was not racist and he had ‘deep respect’ for the royal. The Queen’s husband died at Windsor Castle on Friday aged 99 after a long illness, with his death confirmed by Buckingham Palace … Read more

Rare Bronze Age spear discovered on a Jersey beach

A 13-inch-long copper spearhead found by a metal detectorist on a beach in Jersey is more than 3,000 years old, experts say. The ‘rare and complete’ spearhead, which still has remnants of the wooden shaft still attached, dates back to the late Bronze Age, somewhere between 1207 and 1004 BC. It was found near Gorey … Read more

Twitter reveals its high-profile bitcoin hack was due to a spear phishing attack

Twitter claims a phishing attack on a small number of its employees was what enabled bitcoin scammers to hack the accounts of Kim Kardashian, Elon Musk and other high-profile users Hackers used spear phishing attack to steal personal information of Twitter staff  This gave access to the internal account management tools of high-profile users  Attackers targeted 130 … Read more