Australia facing ‘dystopian’ future of cyber-attacks targeting fabric of society, Clare O’Neil says

Home affairs minister announces the launch of a new series of exercises to respond to attacks on critical infrastructure

Australia must prepare for a dystopian future" in which increasingly digitally connected cities may be held hostage through interference in everything from traffic lights to surgery schedules", a senior minister has warned.

Clare O'Neil said the Medicare, Optus and Latitude data breaches were only the tip of the iceberg" in the cyber threats Australia faced in the years ahead.