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‘Ethical hackers’ have tested Australia’s new online census system
9 Aug 2021 | Brendan Nicholson

In the lead-up to tomorrow’s census, cybersecurity specialists have been bombarding the Australian Bureau of Statistics’ online systems to see if they can be broken. The head of the ABS, Australian Statistician David Gruen, says …

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  • Australian government
  • DDoS attack
  • cyberattack
  • cybersecurity
The great Covid stonewall of China
9 Aug 2021 | Brahma Chellaney

Covid-19 has now been with us for more than a year and a half. It has stopped societies in their tracks, triggered sharp economic downturns, and killed more than 4.2 million people. But we still …

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  • CCP
  • China
  • coronavirus
Policy, Guns and Money: Marietje Schaake on technology, democracy and accountability
9 Aug 2021 | ASPI staff

This special episode features an excerpt from a recent ASPI webinar with international cyber expert Marietje Schaake on technology, democracy and the question of accountability. She joined ASPI’s Fergus Hanson for a conversation on the …

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  • cybersecurity
  • democracy
  • spying
  • technology
ASPI’s decades: Hazards of many types
9 Aug 2021 | Graeme Dobell

ASPI celebrates its 20th anniversary this year. This series looks at ASPI’s work since its creation in August 2001. As the post-9/11 era took shape, the old demands of state security still stood at centre …

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  • Islamic State
  • national security
  • policing
  • terrorism
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