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The public has a vital role to play in preventing future cyber attacks

  • Written by Sandeep Gopalan, Pro Vice-Chancellor (Academic Innovation) & Professor of Law, Deakin University
The public has a vital role to play in preventing future cyber attacksNumerous cyber attacks in recent years have targeted common household devices, such as routers.Shutterstock

Up to 400 Australian organisations may have been snared in a massive hacking incident detailed today. The attack, allegedly engineered by the Russian government, targeted millions of government and private sector machines globally via devices...