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• ACC looks for CIO

  The Australian Crime Commission has today begun its search for a new chief information officer after its former candidate left for another government CIO position.

• ACCC selects a CIO

  The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has appointed a new chief information officer, who has been in place since mid January.

• ACC and NSW Police ready to run 'Big Brother' spy system

  The Australian Crime Commission (ACC) is intending to build a national data interception and surveillance system next year. With the system's request for tender closing today, the NSW Police Force is expected to be watching closely in light of its plans for a similar upgrade next year.

• SIM '100-point checks' get police thumbs up

  The NSW Police Commissioner, Ken Moroney, has called for security checks on buying a SIM card to be as tight as those around opening a bank account.

• eBay targets Romanian fraudsters

  Online auction site eBay has made public the details of a three-year long campaign to curb online fraud being perpetrated from criminals in Romania -- an effort that has resulted in several hundred arrests.

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• Identity fraud costs Australia AU$1 billion a year

  Identity fraud cost the Australian community AU$1.1 billion in 2001/02, according to a report released by a senior Minister, who also acknowledged the rapid subsequent growth of the problem.

• Civil libs brand Internet ID checks "ludicrous"

  Civil liberties organisation Electronic Frontiers Australia (EFA) has dismissed a proposal to restrict access to Internet accounts to those that can satisfy a 100 point identity check as "ludicrous".

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