Indonesia's Vice President calls Australia's alleged payment of people smugglers 'bribery' as country demands the allegations are taken seriously | Daily Mail Online

"Indonesia's Vice President Jusuf Kalla has said that Australia's alleged payment of people smugglers amounts to 'bribery'."



'via Blog this'

Spies, police have paid Indonesian informers for years | The Australian

"Australian spies and police working inside Indonesia have been involved in a secret war against people-smugglers since 2001, including using paid informers to help destroy the trade."



'via Blog this'

John Key in the dark over Aussie government people smuggler payout claims

 "Prime Minister John Key says he has no knowledge of whether the Australian Government paid around NZ$33,000 for a people-smuggling boat to turn around."



'via Blog this'

Australian 'spies' may have 'paid people smugglers to turn their boats around' - 9news.com.au

"Australian spies may have paid people smugglers to turn their boats around as part of a covert operation, according to a shocking new revelation by a senior intelligence source."



'via Blog this'

Catching Up on the OPM Breach — Krebs on Security

 "As part of my visit to Australia (and then to gorgeous New Zealand) these past few weeks, I was invited to speak at two separate security conferences. At one of them, my talk was preceded by a speech from Mike Burgess, chief information security officer at Telstra, Australia’s largest telecom provider. Burgess knows a few things about attribution: He is an 18-year veteran of the Australian Signals Directorate (formerly the Defence Signals Directorate and the Australian equivalent of the U.S. National Security Agency)."



'via Blog this'

A move towards cyber resilience in a world without borders - CSO | The Resource for Data Security Executives

"Late last year, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission chairperson, Greg Medcraft called for Australia to focus on "cyber resilience" to prevent destabilisation of financial markets. Coincidentally, a day later, the Australian Government announced the formation of a cyber security expert panel to review the nation’s cyber security efforts. This came in the wake of the Australian Signals Directorate reporting a 37 per cent increase in cyber security incidents on the previous year."



'via Blog this'