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Australian Cybercrime Enquiry Report Released

An anonymous reader writes "The Australian Government Standing Committee on Communications has released the results of a year long enquiry into cybercrime in a report titled Hackers, Fraudsters and Botnets: Tackling the Problem of Cyber Crime. This report includes a recommendation that Internet Service Provider customers should be forced to install anti-virus and firewall software on their computers as part of their contractual obligations. The Australian Communications and Media Authority receive further powers and responsibilities under the recommendations with respect to shutting down websites hosting malicious content and ensuring that infected consumer devices are disconnected from the Internet."

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  1. you voted for them by FuckingNickName · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I thought you Aussies were laid-back, laissez-faire sort of people? Not in the pure capitalism sense, but in the "you mind your business, I'll mind mine and we'll chill together" sense? Why the sudden conservative turn?