Hackers to join the hunt to help find missing persons

Andrew Brown
Updated October 29 2020 - 2:35pm, first published 4:30am
AFP national missing person centre coordinator Jodie McEwan is organising a hackathon to search for new leads in missing persons cases. Picture: Elesa Kurtz
AFP national missing person centre coordinator Jodie McEwan is organising a hackathon to search for new leads in missing persons cases. Picture: Elesa Kurtz

Police may have exhausted all known leads, but new information for long-term missing persons cases could soon be uncovered, all thanks to internet hackers.

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Andrew Brown

Andrew Brown

Journalist

I've been part of the Canberra Times since 2016, after reporting at local papers in Sydney's north-west. Since starting at the paper I've had stints on the Sunday Times, on the early morning breaking news round, and now as a general reporter, covering the ins and outs of anything and everything happening in Canberra, with a focus on health.

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