{"id":2137,"date":"2021-07-12T18:47:44","date_gmt":"2021-07-12T16:47:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/07\/12\/an-attractive-market-policy-vacuum-on-ransomware-attacks-leaves-australia-vulnerable\/"},"modified":"2021-07-12T18:47:44","modified_gmt":"2021-07-12T16:47:44","slug":"an-attractive-market-policy-vacuum-on-ransomware-attacks-leaves-australia-vulnerable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/07\/12\/an-attractive-market-policy-vacuum-on-ransomware-attacks-leaves-australia-vulnerable\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018An attractive market\u2019: policy vacuum on ransomware attacks leaves Australia vulnerable"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Experts are urging the federal government to develop a mandatory reporting regime for such cyber-attacks<\/p>\n<p>Australian organisations are seen as soft and lucrative targets for ransomware attacks, according to cybersecurity experts who warn the problem will get worse unless the Morrison government fills the \u201ccurrent policy vacuum\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>A report published on Tuesday cites a raft of attacks over the past 18 months, including one that brought Nine Entertainment \u201cto its knees\u201d in March and left it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/media\/2021\/mar\/29\/whiteboards-and-textas-nine-reverts-to-old-technology-as-cyber-attack-hits-tv-and-papers\">struggling to televise news bulletins<\/a> and produce newspapers.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2021\/jul\/13\/an-attractive-market-policy-vacuum-on-ransomware-attacks-leaves-australia-vulnerable\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/7b3c245cf23380f751f0177a251f8961f4cecd5a\/0_15_3000_1800\/master\/3000.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=babad36eb6f94ef4109dd97f1e18346b\" title=\"\u2018An attractive market\u2019: policy vacuum on ransomware attacks leaves Australia vulnerable\" \/>Experts are urging the federal government to develop a mandatory reporting regime for such cyber-attacks<br \/>\nAustralian organisations are seen as soft and lucrative targets for ransomware attacks, according to cybersecurity experts who warn the problem will get worse unless the Morrison government fills the \u201ccurrent policy vacuum\u201d.<br \/>\nA report published on Tuesday cites a raft of attacks over the past 18 months, including one that brought Nine Entertainment \u201cto its knees\u201d in March and left it struggling to televise news bulletins and produce newspapers. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Experts are urging the federal government to develop a mandatory reporting regime for such cyber-attacks Australian organisations are seen as soft and lucrative targets for ransomware attacks, according to cybersecurity experts who warn the problem will get worse unless the Morrison government fills the \u201ccurrent policy vacuum\u201d. A report published on Tuesday cites a raft &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/07\/12\/an-attractive-market-policy-vacuum-on-ransomware-attacks-leaves-australia-vulnerable\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">\u2018An attractive market\u2019: policy vacuum on ransomware attacks leaves Australia vulnerable<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":2138,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2137"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2137"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2137\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2138"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2137"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2137"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2137"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}