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Companies to report ransomware attacks under new proposal
ABC NEWS (Australia)
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7/30/2024
The government plans to introduce into parliament a new cyber-security bill which would require businesses to disclose ransoms paid to hackers.
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What the government is trying to do here is get eyes on a problem that's got away from
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them and from all of us really.
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So in the past five years, ransomware attacks have increased fivefold according to the Australian
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Signals Directorate, which is why the centrepiece of this bill, the Cyber Security Act, is going
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to be, well, we're going to make it mandatory for businesses, any businesses with an annual
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turnover of greater than $3 million, to disclose any payments that they make.
00:34
As a way to make that safer, I suppose, for them, because there's a lot of anxiety in
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the business community about that, they're saying if you do tell us, we won't alert regulators.
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Which is not to say that regulators won't be able to prosecute in the way they would
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eventually normally do so, but they just won't get the information from Australian Signals
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Directorate or cyber authorities.
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They'll have to go about it using their existing powers.
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I sat down with the then Home Affairs Minister, Claire O'Neill, just before the Cabinet reshuffle,
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and she talked me through the key points.
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This is a no-fault scheme.
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We're not blaming businesses when they are subjected to a crime.
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They're victims of a crime, and that's important to recognise.
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But business too are incredibly concerned about this problem, and from the discussions
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that we've had, which have been extensive, business are very pleased that government
01:30
is taking up the mantle here and pushing towards action on ransomware payments.
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They don't want to live in this world where, in an unregulated way, businesses are paying
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money to criminals, which is then reinvested back in hurting Australian businesses.
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This is not a sustainable situation, and business understand that.
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It's not going to be a safe harbour.
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This is what the government is quite eager to put across.
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The other big message, and this is a tricky balancing act, I suppose, trying to get both
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these messages out, but they're saying, you can trust us.
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Please just tell us what's going on, because at the moment, no one knows.
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It's this big mystery, exactly how bad the problem is.
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They really just want to build that trust with business.
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What I was hearing from business groups is that they do want to see stronger protections
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in place.
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It is in a draft format, this bill.
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It hasn't been unveiled yet, so we could see it shift some more, but yes, there will be
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protections for business that just won't be total.
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