Take action': alert as cyber outages set to intensify

Key points

• Outdated technology and weak digital safety skills are the biggest threats to national cybersecurity, according to the latest Cyber Threat Report from the Australian Signals Directorate. The public sector recorded nearly half of the 1500 incidents reported to the Australian Cyber Security Centre in the past financial year.
• Director-general Abigail Bradshaw warned that service outages will likely become normal and urged companies to put security ahead of access.
• Medium-sized businesses reported a 45 per cent rise in cybercrime losses, with an average cost of $141,300.