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Australia's cybersecurity coordinator warns against ransom payments, highlighting the risk of making Australia a cybercrime target and the emerging challenges posed by artificial intelligence.

Summary

KEY POINTS:
  1. Darren Goldie AM CSC National Security Coordinator  (homeaffairs.gov.au).
  2. Government developing 2023-30 Cyber Security Strategy.
  3. Government plans to rewrite cyber laws for intervention.
  4. Customer data may be defined as critical infrastructure.
  5. Cybersecurity threat has worsened, frequency of attacks increased.
READ: Australia's first cybersecurity coordinator says paying ransoms a mistake

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