The Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) Australian Signals Directorate (ASD) released the ASD Cyber Threat Report 2022-2023. Their executive summary notes that Australian networks were regularly targeted by both opportunistic and more deliberate malicious cyber activity.
State actors focused on critical infrastructure, data theft, and disruption of business. Notably "The AUKUS partnership, with its focus on nuclear submarines and other advanced military capabilities, is likely a target for state actors looking to steal intellectual property for their own military programs." They call out China and Russia specifically.
Australian critical infrastructure was targeted via increasingly interconnected systems.
Cybercriminals continued to adapt tactics to extract maximum payment from victims.
Data breaches impacted many Australians.
1 in 5 critical vulnerabilities was exploited within 48 hours.