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ASD says cyber attack intervention will be ‘rare’ under critical infrastructure Bill – ZDNet
The power awarded under the draft legislation may see government modifying the functioning of computers or even deleting software if it was to step in.
The Australian Signals Directorate (ASD) expects intervention in the cyber attack response of companies considered critical infrastructure to only occur in “rare circumstances”.
As described in the current form of the Security Legislation Amendment (Critical Infrastructure) Bill 2020, government assistance will be provided to entities in response to significant cyber attacks on Australian systems. Tech giants operating in Australia, such as Amazon Web Services, Cisco, Microsoft, and Salesforce,…
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