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“Making Australia a hostile environment for criminals is an AFP priority,” according to the Commissioner’s Senate estimates opening statement.
David Hollingworth • Fri, 18 Jul 2025
Australian government stands up new expert AI group
The group will offer advice on the transparency and accountability of artificial intelligence (AI) development, but opposition ministers call it a “missed opportunity”
David Hollingworth • Thu, 15 Feb 2024
Government plans new anti-doxxing laws following anti-Semitic incident
The government has laid out plans to introduce new anti-doxxing laws following an incident that led to the personal details of 600 Jewish people being leaked.
Daniel Croft • Wed, 14 Feb 2024
Government weighs up lessons learnt in the wake of HWL Ebsworth hack
The National Office of Cyber Security has released the results of Lessons Learned Review on last year’s devastating law firm hack, and it turns out that collaboration is ...
David Hollingworth • Tue, 13 Feb 2024
Point/Counterpoint: Is the right to disconnect a threat to good cyber security practice?
The Australian federal government is making out-of-hours work out of bounds, but is this a recipe for disaster when it comes to cyber security?
New Australian cyber security coordinator all but confirmed, according to sources
Australia’s next cyber security coordinator has been all but confirmed, after sources close to the matter told media that an Australian Army major general would be ...
Daniel Croft • Tue, 13 Feb 2024
Cyber security cooperation a key plank of Australia-Papua New Guinea Annual Leaders’ Dialogue
The prime ministers of the two countries met face to face in Canberra for annual talks on security and cooperation.
David Hollingworth • Thu, 08 Feb 2024
Australian cyber ambassador slammed by Chinese embassy official over Beijing cyber attack accusations
An official of the Chinese embassy has lashed out at Australia’s cyber ambassador regarding accusations that Beijing was behind a number of major cyber attacks targeting ...
Daniel Croft • Fri, 02 Feb 2024
Cyber focus: APRA releases Interim Policy and Supervision Priorities update
Cyber resilience is a key plank of new supervision from the Australian financial services regulator.
David Hollingworth • Wed, 31 Jan 2024
North Korean hackers making increased use of AI tools
South Korean intelligence officials are keeping a close eye on the use of generative artificial intelligence (AI) by hackers to the north as crypto thefts rise.
David Hollingworth • Mon, 29 Jan 2024
Australian Defence chief meets with UK Strategic Command to talk cyber cooperation
Australian Chief of the Defence Force General Angus Campbell has met with UK Defence Strategic Command Commander General Sir Jim Hockenhull to discuss a new cyber ...
Robert Dougherty • Wed, 24 Jan 2024
US, UK join sanctions against Russian Medibank hacker
Three out of five Five Eyes countries level sanctions against former REvil hacker Aleksandr Ermakov.
David Hollingworth • Wed, 24 Jan 2024
Government sanctions hacker behind Medibank data breach
The federal government has revealed that a Russian citizen is behind the nearly 10-million-person hack and will face serious sanctions under new cyber laws.
David Hollingworth • Tue, 23 Jan 2024
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