{"id":49283,"date":"2022-11-14T01:15:18","date_gmt":"2022-11-14T01:15:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/australia-to-stand-up-and-punch-back-against-cyber-crims\/"},"modified":"2022-11-14T01:15:18","modified_gmt":"2022-11-14T01:15:18","slug":"australia-to-stand-up-and-punch-back-against-cyber-crims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/australia-to-stand-up-and-punch-back-against-cyber-crims\/","title":{"rendered":"Australia to ‘stand up and punch back’ against cyber crims"},"content":{"rendered":"

Australia’s government has declared the nation is planning to go on the offensive against international cyber crooks following recent high-profile attacks on local health insurer Medibank<\/a> and telco Optus<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The aggressive posture was expressed in the announcement<\/a> of a “Joint standing operation” that will see the Australian Federal Police and the Australian Signals Directorate (Australia’s GCHQ\/NSA analog) run a team with a mission “to investigate, target and disrupt cyber-criminal syndicates with a priority on ransomware threat groups.”<\/p>\n

Minister for Home Affairs and Cyber Security Clare O’Neil said the operation will “scour the world, hunt down the criminal syndicates and gangs who are targeting Australia in cyber-attacks, and disrupt their efforts.”<\/p>\n