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== Early life ==
Malone was born in, County Clare, Ireland and migrated to Australia in 1978 with his parents and two brothers.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.businessinsider.com.au/9-irish-australians-who-made-it-big-in-business-2014-6|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140702144002/http://www.businessinsider.com.au/9-irish-australians-who-made-it-big-in-business-2014-6|url-status=dead|archive-date=2 July 2014|title=9 Irish-Australians Who Made It Big In Business|first=Billy|last=Cantwell|date=2014-06-27|newspaper=Business Insider Australia|via=Irish Echo|access-date=2017-01-13}}</ref>
== Education ==
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Malone was a lead witness and spokesperson in the [[Roadshow Films Pty Ltd v iiNet Ltd]]
copyright case that was successful in the High Court of Australia.<ref>{{Cite news|url=
Malone stepped aside as managing director in early 2014 after taking a three-week holiday in Argentina which was supposed to be a three-month to six-month sabbatical.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.smh.com.au/business/long-dark-road-ahead-iinet-boss-michael-malone-walks-away-after-20-years-20140320-356f4.html|title='Long dark road ahead': iiNet boss Michael Malone walks away after 20 years|last=Ramli|first=David|newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald|language=en-US|access-date=2017-01-13}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.itwire.com/it-people-news/people-moves/63500-michael-malone-resigns-from-iinet|title=iTWire - Michael Malone resigns from iiNet|last=Philipson|first=Graeme|website=www.itwire.com|access-date=2017-01-13}}</ref> In 2015, iiNet was acquired by TPG Telecom.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.itnews.com.au/news/tpgs-iinet-takeover-is-bittersweet-for-michael-malone-408176|title=TPG's iiNet takeover is 'bittersweet' for Michael Malone|website=iTnews|access-date=2017-01-13}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.smh.com.au/business/iinet-founder-michael-malone-finally-backs-tpg-telecom-takeover-20150727-gilbhd.html|title=iiNet founder Michael Malone finally backs TPG Telecom takeover|last=Ramli|first=Tess Ingram and David|date=2015-07-27|newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald|language=en-US|access-date=2017-01-13}}</ref>
== Business Career ==
After leaving iiNet, Malone co-founded and was chairman of Perth-based information security company Diamond Cyber,<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last=Tucker |first=Harry |date=2016-04-22 |title=Former iiNet CEO and founder Michael Malone has joined the NBN board |newspaper=Business Insider Australia |url=http://www.businessinsider.com.au/former-iinet-ceo-and-founder-michael-malone-has-joined-the-nbn-board-2016-4 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160422143649/http://www.businessinsider.com.au/former-iinet-ceo-and-founder-michael-malone-has-joined-the-nbn-board-2016-4 |url-status=dead |archive-date=22 April 2016 |access-date=2017-01-13}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Our Company: Security Through the Offensive Lens {{!}} Diamond Cyber Security |language=en-US |newspaper=Diamond Cyber Security |url=https://diamondcyber.com/company/ |access-date=2017-02-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200803112750/https://diamondcyber.com/company/ |archive-date=2020-08-03}}</ref> which was sold to CyberCX in 2020.<ref>{{Cite web |title=CyberCX steps up Western Australia play |url=https://www.arnnet.com.au/article/683999/cybercx-steps-up-western-australia-play/ |access-date=2023-08-22 |website=www.arnnet.com.au}}</ref>
He joined the board of [[NBN Co]] in 2016.<ref name=":0" />
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