Defence repelled 2400 cyber attacks in 2009

[That number seems abnormally low and missing an extra 0! - WK]

By Nicola Berkovic
The Australian
January 15, 2010

DEFENCE department computers sustained about 2400 cyber attacks last year, Defence Minister John Faulkner revealed today.

Launching a new cyber warfare centre in Canberra, Senator Faulkner outlined the scale of electronic attacks against government operations.

He said Defence investigated about 200 “electronic security incidents” a month last year involving its own computers and networks.

Defence also responded to about 220 cyber attacks against other areas of the Australian government last year.

Warning there was a “dark side” to technology, Senator Faulkner said the new Cyber Security Operations Centre was a significant part of the government's response to cyber threats.

“The internet is not only a tool in this battle - cyberspace is a battlefield itself,” he said.