Western Australia’s parliament was hacked last Tuesday with a computer virus forcing the shutdown of its telecommunications systems. According to Speaker Michael Sutherland, the attack impeded a number of house operations including, ‘Hansard publications, the …
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The Beat The costs of crime ICYMI: The Australian Crime Commission released their latest report, ‘The Costs of Serious and Organised Crime in Australia 2013–14′ over the holidays. Their findings show that serious and organised …
John Coyne’s recent Strategist post raises some interesting questions for intelligence agencies and their paymasters; namely, what are the capabilities that agencies require to continue to protect our security, and what’s a reasonable expectation of …
In his recent Strategist contribution, David Lang nailed a critical, but sadly missing, dimension of the counter terrorism intelligence debate regarding encryption. David put it perfectly when he argued that encryption is a ‘central contributor …
