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Cyberspies phone businesses to warn of danger but half don’t respond

Max Mason
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Nearly half of the businesses contacted by Australia’s top cyberspies to warn about a potential attack in the last year never returned the phone call, the Australian Signals Directorate’s new director-general Abigail Bradshaw says.

The Australian Signals Directorate, part of the country’s intelligence community, closely monitors the activity of cyberthreats across the country and proactively contacts businesses and agencies when it has evidence something could be wrong.

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Max Mason covers insolvency, courts, financial crime, cybercrime and corporate wrongdoing. A Walkley Award winner, Max’s journalism has also received awards from the National Press Club of Australia, the Kennedy Awards and Citibank. Message Max on Signal https://tinyurl.com/MaxMason Connect with Max on Twitter. Email Max at max.mason@afr.com

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