The New Zealand secret service has suggested the Chinese government was behind attacks on the country's networks.
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".
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.
A bill has been overwhelmingly approved in the US that would allow for life prison sentences for malicious computer hackers.
Australian companies and individuals who disclose security flaws in software are unlikely in the short term to face the same threats of litigation as their United States counterparts, according to officials and consultants.
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Security expert Bruce Schneier says the danger from cyberterrorism is "overblown."
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