Australia puts $230m towards fighting cybercrime, including 50 extra police

Specialist officers in the federal police and Australian Crime Commission and 50 security experts spearhead

A $230m cyber security strategy, which includes cash for more specialist cybercrime officers in the Australian Crime Commission and the Australian federal police, has been announced by the government.

The crackdown is designed to tackle cyber crimes including malware which attempts to force users to pay a ransom, "hacktivism", denial of service attacks and theft of data or intellectual property through cyber espionage.