The growing risk of cyber attacks is a key focus on the agenda in a review of Australia's one intelligence agencies. Sensitive Australian computer networks are being attacked daily by hackers sponsored by foreign powers, especially China, say security officials and jihadists returning from Syria and Iraq have also been identified as a major threat to the country. The Australian government has committed to holding intelligence reviews every five years, with previous reviews held in 2011 and 2004, which examined Australia's role in the intelligence failures prior to the invasion of Iraq.
The growing risk of cyber attacks is a key focus on the agenda in a review of Australia's six intelligence agencies. Sensitive Australian computer networks are being attacked daily by hackers sponsored by foreign powers, especially China, say security officials and jihadists returning from Syria and Iraq have also been identified as a major threat to the country. The Australian government has committed to holding intelligence reviews every five years, with previous reviews held in 2011 and 2004, which examined Australia's role in the intelligence failures prior to the invasion of Iraq.