Tripwire: The Australian Defence Force (ADF) is seeking to develop offensive cyber capabilities that will enable their military to disrupt the networks of potential adversaries, as well as making strategies for deception and disinformation by way of the Internet key elements of military operations.
“Australia is an attractive target for a range of malicious cyber actors, from politically-motivated hackers and criminal networks to nation-states,” said Prime Minister Julia Gillard when discussing the National Security Strategy last January.