Frontline of the war on cybercrime | 60 Minutes Australia

Every six minutes an Australian falls victim to cyber crime. In this episode of 60 Minutes Australia, Amelia Adams gets rare access to the frontline of Australia's war against cyber criminals and meets the people going toe-to-toe with them on the dark web.

*Synopsis | Every Six Minutes (2023)*
The facts are frightening. More than half the population of Australia has now been impacted by cyber-crime. The cost to the country is at least thirty billion dollars a year, and despite all the warnings, every six minutes there’s a new report of someone becoming a victim to an online attack. It’s now time to face the truth that the war against cyber criminals can’t be won. But as Amelia Adams reports, that doesn’t mean Australia is surrendering. Far from it.

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[janephillips]

I'm in America and have been hacked many, many times. After the 1st time, I put a Freeze on all of my Credit reports. My bank was hacked, my aptartment complex's network, my phone, one of my checking accounts, but i was called by my bank asking me if i just bought something in San Franciso and I said NO. The changed my account asap. I constantly get word my info is at risk due to something I'm connected to. I consider myself very poor and have nothing. I can assure you Biden, FBI, CIA will be doing nothing here in America. I happens everyday.

[mrparlanejxtra]

The gateways should be blocked to countries who are harbouring cyber criminals.

[mrparlanejxtra]

Banks are not taking proper responsibility for data theft.

[Sjalabais]

Katherine Mansted gave some of the sharpest and most eloquent interview answers I have ever seen. You can even see the admiration in Amelia's face. Bright mind, indeed.

[johne]

So just create and memorize 257 different, unique passwords and you'll be ok.

[jeanvignes]

If giant-sized organizations and all their staff can't keep their data safe, what hope have we individuals?

[Hollylivengood]

Like Kit Boga. Have you ever seen him in action on YouTube? He's amazing. He baits scammers by creating a fake account, complete with a persona of an elderly grandmother, and a whole fake online bank account as well. He hacks the scammers so he can expose their accounts.

[Seekay-oeqz]

None of us are safe today be it ATM theft, cybersecurity breeches. Makes me wonder how safe will self driving vehicles be ?

[roygbiv]

Cyber crime can be wiped out in an instant!

[Lupinicus]

Now that the online world is a vital part of our lives every individual must become familiar with basic online safety. Financial institutions are (or will be) stepping back from accepting total responsibility when 'stuff happens' and either we lose money or our online identity is used for fraud. Corporations and Government could certainly do more. 20+ years in cybersecurity has taught me that, but from now on the responsibility must be shared and all of us need to up our game.

[nmrowdy]

I was hacked a year ago. PayPal was part of it, too. I learned that there are two divisions in PayPal, a legitimate side and scam operators.

[bond]

It's so obvious, that all out of nowhere transactions doesn't come from her.

[michaelmichellis]

It should be made mandatory, every online user must take every step to prevent this from happening

[WagonWheel]

Why did PayPal allow so many transaction go through her account knowing her usage history. I’ve had my PayPal account locked after a single transaction in the past, total over reaction from PayPal.

[swampfox]

I'm actually fighting a similar case with PayPal. I had an old account I hadn't used in years and forgot about hacked and used for scam transactions. Ive been fighting with PayPal all month to fix things and shut down the account. Luckily I caught it after only a few transactions within a couple of days and was able to lock it so now no one can use the account anymore while the investigation goes on.

[juliandilling]

I suspect that this happens to most countries

[BitCoin-jlns]

If they want to protect Australians they should start by demanding the release of Julian Assange!

[fantasip]

Couldn't remove my cards from PayPal and shut down the account fast enough, after watching this documentary. 😱😰

[tarawhite]

This is why the grids are gonna go down

[lynneshapiro]

Thank you. I immediately took my credit card off my Paypal account. Today I am going to change my passwords on all accounts involving finances.