COVID-19 pandemic a factor in growing number of cybercrimes on Australian organisations: report

Harley Dennett
September 14 2021 - 10:00pm
Andrew Hastie warns cyber criminals are getting smarter. Picture: Defence
Andrew Hastie warns cyber criminals are getting smarter. Picture: Defence

Federal government agencies and critical national infrastructure experienced 14 incidents of exfiltration or damage to key sensitive data in the last year, Australia's cyber officials have revealed.

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Harley Dennett

Harley Dennett

Public Service Editor

Former federal politics bureau chief for the Canberra Times, via a career that's taken me from rural Victoria to Washington DC. Telling the stories of my local LGBTI community brought me to political journalism, where I've covered eight budgets, four national elections in two countries, Defence, public service and international governance.

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