Australia’s new ransomware plan to create ransomware offences and reporting regime
The Australian government has announced a new set of standalone criminal offences for people who use ransomware under what it has labelled its Ransomware...
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Australia’s ‘hacking’ Bill passes the Senate after House made 60 amendments
Image: ACT Policing Two Australian law enforcement bodies will soon have the power to modify, add, copy, or delete data, after the Bill allowing...
Why Australia’s Online Safety Act is an abdication of responsibility
Image: Asha Barbaschow/ZDNet The Australian government reckons the internet is full of bad things and bad people, so it must therefore surveil everyone all...
PJCIS asks for Australia’s ‘hacking’ Bill to gain judicial oversight and sunset clauses
The Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security (PJCIS) has recommended the passage of the so-called “hacking” Bill that will afford three new computer...
Australia’s cops need reminding that chasing criminals isn’t society’s only need
Image: Getty Images A disturbing pair of attitudes continue to infect law enforcement agencies across Australia. One is that if data exists then the...
Akamai apologises after outage left Australia’s major banks and airline systems offline
Akamai confirmed an outage of one of its Prolexic DDoS services was to blame for taking down the online services of some of Australia’s...
Colonial Pipeline attack used to justify Australia’s Critical Infrastructure Bill
The Department of Home Affairs has said the recent ransomware attack earlier this month targeting the operator of the Colonial Pipeline in the United...
Australia’s eSafety and the uphill battle of regulating the ever-changing online realm
Australia’s eSafety Commissioner is set to receive sweeping new powers like the ability to order the removal of material that seriously harms adults, with...
Senate committee wants further protections inserted into Australia’s data-sharing scheme
The Senate committee probing Australia’s pending data-sharing laws has asked for further protections to be inserted before legislation is passed. The Data Availability and...
Australia’s COVIDSafe app costs AU$100,000 per month to keep running
Australia’s coronavirus contact tracing app, COVIDSafe, was sold as “digital sunscreen” with people encouraged by the Prime Minister to download the app in order...