Why Australia is such a juicy target for cybercriminals
If you’re beginning to get the feeling that a day doesn’t go by without yet another major cyber breach, you’re not wrong. Here’s why we are so far behind the rest of the world.
In the time it takes you to read this story, one more Australian company or individual will have reported a cybercrime.
The Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC), the branch of the Australian Signals Directorate cyber spy agency which coordinates the nation’s response to cybercrime, received more than 76,000 crime reports in its most recent reporting period: a shade more than one report every seven minutes. But that’s just the crimes that get reported.
John DavidsonColumnistJohn Davidson is an award-winning columnist, reviewer, and senior writer based in Sydney and in the Digital Life Laboratories, from where he writes about personal technology. Connect with John on Twitter. Email John at jdavidson@afr.com
