{"id":445698,"date":"2011-06-22T13:49:28","date_gmt":"2011-06-22T13:49:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/06\/22\/australia-unveils-cybercrime-laws-to-combat-global-threat\/"},"modified":"2011-06-22T13:49:28","modified_gmt":"2011-06-22T13:49:28","slug":"australia-unveils-cybercrime-laws-to-combat-global-threat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/22\/australia-unveils-cybercrime-laws-to-combat-global-threat\/","title":{"rendered":"Australia unveils cybercrime laws to combat global threat"},"content":{"rendered":"
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UK teenager arrested in global hacking probe<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Canberra \u2013 Australia\u2019s government unveiled legislation on Wednesday to crack down on cybercrime in the wake of recent cyber attacks on multinational companies and institutions.<\/p>\n

The institutions range from Google to the International Monetary Fund and the U.S. Senate.<\/p>\n

Attorney-General, Robert McClelland said Cybercrime was a growing threat to individuals, businesses and governments, with the country\u2019s giant resource industry having warned recently of near-daily hacking attempts from offshore.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe increasing cyber threat means that no nation alone can effectively overcome this problem and international cooperation is essential,\u201d McClelland said.<\/p>\n

The laws, once passed by parliament, will give Australian police and intelligence agencies the power to force telecommunications companies to keep sensitive information that was normally stored only briefly before being destroyed.<\/p>\n

They also aim to strengthen cooperation with overseas cybercrime agencies, giving police and security agencies better access to information stored overseas when investigating crimes locally committed using the internet.<\/p>\n

\u201cAustralia must have appropriate arrangements domestically and internationally to be in the best possible position to fight cybercrime and cyber security threats,\u201d McClelland said.<\/p>\n

Cyber hackers have launched a series of attacks in recent weeks targeting not only U.S. lawmakers, but also global companies and institutions, from Citigroup Inc to aerospace company Lockheed Martin, forcing governments and private companies to look at strengthening defences.<\/p>\n

Henry Kissinger, an architect of Sino-U.S. relations in the 1970s, earlier this month called for the U.S. and China to reach an agreement to restrict cyber attacks and designate some areas as off limits.<\/p>\n

Australia is already developing a cyber defence strategy to combat hacking and electronic espionage, including the growing threat posed by state-sponsored cyber attacks.<\/p>\n

The blueprint strategy will be ready next year.<\/p>\n

The country has experienced a wave of attacks on more than 4,000 businesses, including hacking attacks from offshore that bought down computer networks in the national parliament.<\/p>\n

McClelland said the current cybercrime bills set the legislative framework for Australia to join the only binding international treaty on the problem: the Council of Europe Convention on Cybercrime.<\/p>\n

That would widen international cooperation and help authorities from one country collect data in an overseas jurisdiction, as well as establishing an emergency network to provide immediate help to investigators globally.<\/p>\n

Over 40 nations have either signed or become a party to the Convention, including the U.S., United Kingdom, Canada, Japan and South Africa.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is an important step to increasing the powers of Australian investigators to effectively combat cybercrime with increased international cooperation,\u201d Australia\u2019s Home Affairs and Justice Minister Brendan O\u2019Connor said.<\/p>\n

UK teenager arrested in global hacking probe<\/p>\n

Also the British police investigating with America\u2019s FBI a series of computer hacking attacks on international companies said on Tuesday they had arrested a 19-year-old man in Eastern England.<\/p>\n

London\u2019s Metropolitan Police said they had arrested the teenager in Wickford, Essex, on suspicion of computer misuse and fraud offences.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe arrest follows an investigation into network intrusions and Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks against a number of international business and intelligence agencies by what is believed to be the same hacking group,\u201d the London force said.<\/p>\n

It said forensic officers were now examining \u201ca significant amount of material\u201d following searches at the home where the arrest took place.<\/p>\n

The teenager was being held at a central London police station.<\/p>\n

Hackers have carried out a series of attacks on international firms and organisations in recent weeks, including the International Monetary Fund, Lockheed Martin Corp, Citigroup Inc , Google and Michaels Stores .<\/p>\n

The loosely organised hacker group Lulz Security has claimed hacks into websites owned by Sony Corp as well as the U.S. Public Broadcasting Service and Fox.com.<\/p>\n

Fox is a unit of News Corp. (Reuters\/NAN)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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