ASIO warns foreign attackers may try to insert malicious code in critical infrastructure to exploit later
The alert comes as the federal government readies to pass laws to better protect critical infrastructure.
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The alert comes as the federal government readies to pass laws to better protect critical infrastructure.
The alert comes as the federal government readies to pass laws to better protect critical infrastructure.
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Right-wing Terror Threat Still On The Rise In Australia Right-wing Terror Threat Still On The Rise In Australia Comments Off on Right-wing Terror Threat Still On The Rise In Australia 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 mot...
Photo: 123RF Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) director-general Mike Burgess said while the main security threat remained from Sunni Islamic extremist groups, the growth in right-wing extremism was also a major concern. "Obviously, terrorism threat level remains probable," he said. "Given the growth we've seen in nationalist and racist violent extremism we anticipate there will be a terrorist attack in this country in the next 12 months. "It can come from either ideology and therefore for me doesn't really matter, because they're both capable of conducting acts of violence ...