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International computer-hacking syndicates will be eyeing off more Australian targets after a string of recent data breaches, a cybersecurity expert says.

Payment-seeking software made by Russian hackers was used in three quarters of all the ransomware schemes reported to a U.S. financial crime agency in the second half of 2021, a Treasury Department analysis released on Tuesday showed.

A command post to direct the nation's defense against cyber-attacks is being planned for the Cabinet Secretariat, according to government sources.

An initial £6.35m package was mobilised in response to a rising ‘tempo’ of Russian cyber activity following the invasion, the Government said.

Damage inflicted by Russian hackers would have been ‘very significant’ without the backing of UK spies, junior minister says

The White House is bringing together three dozen nations, the European Union and a slew of private-sector companies for a two-day summit that looks at how best to combat ransomware attacks

Dataset from communications platform ForceNet containing up to 40,000 records may be compromised after breach on external provider

A swathe of hacks on some of Australia's biggest companies has made the country a target for copycat attacks just as a skills shortage leaves an understaffed, overworked cybersecurity workforce ill-equipped to stop it, technology experts said.

Hackers have targeted a communications platform used by Australian military personnel and defence staff with a ransomware attack, authorities said on Monday, as the country battles a recent spike in cyberattacks across businesses.

Defence fears personal data such as dates of birth may have been compromised after a communications platform used by the military was hit by a ransomware attack.