Zach Marzouk reports:
Hackers could face up to 25 years in jail if found guilty of cyber offences against Australia’s critical infrastructure, under proposed changes introduced by the government today.
The government tabled the Crimes Legislation Amendment (Ransomware Action Plan) Bill 2022 in a bid to modernise criminal offences and procedures to respond to the threat of ransomware. It has several proposals that update the Criminal Code Act 1995, the Crimes Act 1914, and the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002.
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