Budget: Eye on cyber-terrorism attacks
More than AU$12 million has been allocated to fight high tech crimes and expand the Australian Government Computer Emergency Readiness Team. In addition, a "cyber-exercise program" is in the works to help the country cope with "cyber-terrorism attacks".
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