Australia is preparing for cyber-terrorism attacks from "suicide hackers", who will aim to bring down critical infrastructure for a "cause" and not worry about facing 30 years in jail for their actions.
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has promised to bolster Australia's cyber-defences to fend off the threat posed by hackers.
The Australian government has no plans to issue a warning similar to that of the US, which has warned its tech-savvy residents against so-called "patriotic hacking".
A bill has been overwhelmingly approved in the US that would allow for life prison sentences for malicious computer hackers.
Security researchers and hackers who find vulnerabilities need to realise that discretion is more important than valour, several federal security experts said at the Defcon hacking conference.
This week the Australian online banking system was tested by an agent of KAOS Kevin Rudd and his $10 billion dollar fiscal package that, as Agent 86 would say, "missed it by that much" on knocking out the banking system.
Security expert Bruce Schneier says the danger from cyberterrorism is "overblown."
The CIO of San Francisco International Airport talks to ZDNet about protecting the airport's network and providing new services such as passenger WiFi.
According to research by Gartner, the increasing use of IP technology in power stations, railroads, banks and other critical infrastructure could spell big trouble -- and soon.
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