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The offshoring of data held by telcos and ISPs is set to come under scrutiny amid recommended changes to the Government’s proposed telco security legislation.
Australia will push “thwarting the encryption of terrorist messaging” at a meeting of the Five Eyes nations in Canada this week.
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has said his government’s effort to access encrypted communications is “not about creating or exploiting back doors”.
The government’s ongoing efforts to better share cyber threat intelligence with agencies and the private sector have been dealt a blow today in the findings of an Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) survey.
Cyber security researchers will be considered guilty until they prove their innocence under proposed changes to The Privacy Act put forward by the Attorney-General’s department.
Security researchers who inadvertently re-identify anonymised public government data could face jail time, under new proposed legislation.
Electronic Frontiers Australia (EFA) has called on the Attorney-General to reject requests from most of the 61 agencies seeking warrantless access to telecommunications metadata.
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has ripped responsibility for copyright and online piracy out of Attorney General George Brandis’ hands.
Through its peaks and troughs, the Abbott government has always been able to point to national security as an area of relative strength.
A bill that will in some circumstances force ISPs to block access to websites linked to online piracy looks almost certain to become law.
Chief executives of major telecommunications companies in Australia have called on the federal government to provide some clarity around the financial contribution it will make towards implementing the data retention regime.
The Australian Greens have called for an investigation into how an ASIO building site contractor’s system was hacked and documents including floor plans stolen.
Federal senators disagreed over the appropriate balance between national security and privacy laws in a debate at CeBIT today.