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Australia weighing extraordinary powers to identify, disrupt dark web cybercriminals

The proposed Surveillance Legislation Amendment (Identify and Disrupt) Bill 2020 (I&D Bill) introduces three new warrants to help investigators investigate and disrupt malicious online cybercriminal campaigns. Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton introduced the legislation last month. The Law Council of Australia has called for close examination of the stated operational case, criteria, thresholds, and process for issuance of warrants, and called for independent oversight and review of the legislation. The bill would allow AFP and ACIC officers to collect intelligence about criminal networks operating online.”]

Source: https://www.csoonline.com/article/3602999/australia-weighing-extraordinary-powers-to-identify-disrupt-dark-web-cybercriminals.html

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