Threat of major cyber attack on critical infrastructure real, national security boss warns

Krusty · May 24, 2021

Threat of major cyber attack on critical infrastructure real, national security boss warns

One of Australia's top national security figures has warned the threat of a cyber attack on Australia's critical infrastructure is "immediate", "realistic" and "credible", and could take down the nation's electricity network.

Home Affairs Department secretary Mike Pezzullo believes the threat posed by sophisticated criminals and hackers acting for other nations is "deeply concerning".

"Of all the things that keep me awake at night, and there are quite a number, that is the most pressing, immediate concern," he told Senate estimates.

"COVID has been dreadful, COVID has been terrible given the deaths, imagine trying to do COVID without electricity.

"It's as immediate, it is as realistic, and it is as credible a threat as that."
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https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-05...itical-infrastructure-mike-pezzullo/100160894

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