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Right-wing Terror Threat Still On The Rise In Australia
Right-wing Terror Threat Still On The Rise In Australia
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CANBERRA, Australia Australia’s right-wing terrorism threat has continued to rise with almost half of domestic spy counter-terrorism investigations now dedicated to ideological extremists.
Australian Security Intelligence Organisation director-general Mike Burgess told a Senate estimates hearing in Canberra on Tuesday terror threats were complex and challenging.
“Our investigations in ideologically motivated violent extremism, such as racists and nationalists, are approaching 50 percent of our counter-terrorism onshore caseload,” he said.
“This reflects a growing international trend as well as the organization’s decision to allocate more resources to the threat.”
Universities offer rich pickings for cyber criminals
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Universities are prime targets for cyber attacks by criminal groups and nations due to their huge digital footprint, the sheer number and variety of people accessing their systems and the value of personal and intellectual property information they hold, cyber experts say.
Ivano Bongiovanni, an expert in data security from the University of Queensland Business School, said universities were unusually complex organisations.
Universities are complex organisations, making them especially vulnerable to cyber attacks.
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“There’s an incredibly rich mix of technology and individuals. There is a big spread of end-users ranging from academics, to researchers, to professional staff and students,” Dr Bongiovanni said.