{"id":9347,"date":"2023-03-20T08:37:14","date_gmt":"2023-03-20T07:37:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/03\/20\/cybersecurity-funds-should-go-towards-beefing-up-centrelink-voice-authentication-greens-say\/"},"modified":"2023-03-20T08:37:14","modified_gmt":"2023-03-20T07:37:14","slug":"cybersecurity-funds-should-go-towards-beefing-up-centrelink-voice-authentication-greens-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/03\/20\/cybersecurity-funds-should-go-towards-beefing-up-centrelink-voice-authentication-greens-say\/","title":{"rendered":"Cybersecurity funds should go towards beefing up Centrelink voice authentication, Greens say"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>David Shoebridge says some of the $10bn allocated to Redspice program should counter misuse of AI<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/live\/2023\/mar\/20\/australia-politics-live-news-updates-climate-policy-emissions-safeguard-mechanism-albanese-dutton-indigenous-voice-referendum-nsw-election-weather\">Follow our Australia news live blog for the latest updates<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Get our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2022\/oct\/29\/email-newsletters-guardian-australia-best-daily-news-emails-newsletter-free-sign-up-inbox-subscribe-headlines?CMP=cvau_sfl\">morning and afternoon news emails<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/ng-interactive\/2018\/may\/15\/the-guardian-app?CMP=cvau_sfl\">free app<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/series\/full-story?CMP=cvau_sfl\">daily news podcast<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The federal government should be using some of the $10bn allocated in the budget to cybersecurity defences to combat people using AI to bypass biometric securities including voice authentication, a Greens senator has said.<\/p>\n<p>On Friday Guardian Australia reported that Centrelink\u2019s voice authentication system <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2023\/mar\/16\/voice-system-used-to-verify-identity-by-centrelink-can-be-fooled-by-ai\">can be tricked<\/a> using a free online AI cloning service and just four minutes of audio of the user\u2019s voice.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2022\/oct\/29\/email-newsletters-guardian-australia-best-daily-news-emails-newsletter-free-sign-up-inbox-subscribe-headlines?CMP=copyembed\">Sign up for Guardian Australia\u2019s free morning and afternoon<\/a><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2022\/oct\/29\/email-newsletters-guardian-australia-best-daily-news-emails-newsletter-free-sign-up-inbox-subscribe-headlines?CMP=copyembed\"> <\/a><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2022\/oct\/29\/email-newsletters-guardian-australia-best-daily-news-emails-newsletter-free-sign-up-inbox-subscribe-headlines?CMP=copyembed\">email newsletters for your daily news roundup<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2023\/mar\/20\/cybersecurity-funds-should-go-towards-beefing-up-centrelink-voice-authentication-greens-say\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/0015f3768a76ff199e684cb2494ebc2edf67f8db\/0_173_5400_3239\/master\/5400.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=a35b31d02be049de3704d2c02b552e24\" title=\"Cybersecurity funds should go towards beefing up Centrelink voice authentication, Greens say\" \/>David Shoebridge says some of the $10bn allocated to Redspice program should counter misuse of AI<\/p>\n<p>Follow our Australia news live blog for the latest updates<br \/>\nGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast<\/p>\n<p>The federal government should be using some of the $10bn allocated in the budget to cybersecurity defences to combat people using AI to bypass biometric securities including voice authentication, a Greens senator has said.<br \/>\nOn Friday Guardian Australia reported that Centrelink\u2019s voice authentication system can be tricked using a free online AI cloning service and just four minutes of audio of the user\u2019s voice.<br \/>\nSign up for Guardian Australia\u2019s free morning and afternoon email newsletters for your daily news roundup Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>David Shoebridge says some of the $10bn allocated to Redspice program should counter misuse of AI Follow our Australia news live blog for the latest updates Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast The federal government should be using some of the $10bn allocated in the budget to cybersecurity &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/03\/20\/cybersecurity-funds-should-go-towards-beefing-up-centrelink-voice-authentication-greens-say\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Cybersecurity funds should go towards beefing up Centrelink voice authentication, Greens say<\/span> Read More 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