Australia reported on Wednesday a 13% jump in cyber crime in the past year, with about one incident in four targeting critical infrastructure and services as working from home during the pandemic made more people vulnerable to online attacks.
The Australian Cyber Security Centre received one cybercrime report every eight minutes over the 12 months to June 30, 2021, it said in its annual report.
Ransomware incidents increased nearly 15%, with the health sector reporting the second-highest number of attacks.
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