Friday 29th of March 2024

the charade continues...

cyberman

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has declared cyber security "the new frontier of warfare" and espionage, while announcing new measures to protect Australian democracy from foreign interference.

Intelligence officials will host unprecedented security briefings with party officials in Canberra next month, amid concerns they may be vulnerable to foreign cyber attacks.

Mr Turnbull said the Government had been shocked by a United States intelligence report claiming Russia ordered a hidden campaign to influence the US presidential election.

The report, prepared by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the National Security Agency and the Central Intelligence Agency, said Russia had hacked into the email accounts of the Democratic National Committee.

It also raised concerns Russia used state-funded trolls to make nasty comments online and influence political opinion, with Republican affiliates also targeted to a lesser extent.

Mr Turnbull said the case of Russian interference was "of great concern" and had prompted the security briefings.

read more:

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-01-24/turnbull-declares-cyber-security-t...

as if australia did not spy on anybody...

Mr Turnbull said he was not aware of a foreign country seeking to an influence an election to the extent of Russia's involvement in the US election.

"I think you can pretend the threats are not there, if you like, but that will only make you susceptible to being taken in by them," he said.

Party officials will be briefed by Mr Turnbull's special adviser on cyber security and Australian Cyber Security Centre and Australian Signals Directorate officials.

David Irvine, a former director-general of the Australian Secret Intelligence Service, has previously raised concerns about the threat of hacking by foreign governments.

Labor accuses Turnbull of 'grandstanding'

The Opposition's national security spokesman Mark Dreyfus wrote to Mr Turnbull, claiming he was using the briefings for political advantage.

"It is a longstanding tradition that the activities of our intelligence agencies and specific security vulnerabilities are not made public or discussed publicly in detail," he said.

"I am very concerned that this issue has been publicised by you directly, including highlighting specific agencies, their functions and target areas considered as vulnerable."

Opposition Leader Bill Shorten said he would work with the Government, but accused Mr Turnbull of "grandstanding on national security".

read more:

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-01-24/turnbull-declares-cyber-security-t...

irresponsible in the extreme...

"I said this was bipartisan, this was above politics and that is why we are bringing all the political parties together on this," he said.

But in a letter sent to Mr Turnbull on Tuesday, shadow attorney-general Mark Dreyfus said: "I am very concerned that this issue has been publicised by you directly, including highlighting specific agencies, their functions and target areas considered as vulnerable.

"This is irresponsible in the extreme - Australians have every right to expect their Prime Minister would put national security ahead of their own political purposes.

"There is no reasonable purpose for the government seeking publicity on details of national security matters such as this."

Read more: 

http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/irresponsible-in-t...

 

The truth is most likely that Turdball and his troops are trying to damage Russia as much as possible in the eyes of Stralyans when Trump is trying to do détente with Putin. Nothing new under a hot sun., while Turdball is trying to push on with the myth of "fake news". Fake news have been with us since the Adam and Eve conspiracy and more recently with the Saddam has Weapons of Mass Destruction conspiracy... Of course, everyone with a penchant for socialist equality will be treated as a Putin lover...