Attorney-General Robert McClelland will introduce amendments giving law enforcement and intelligence agencies the power to declare a "non-destruction" order for cyber and telecommunications companies, the Daily Telegraph reports. The amendments would preserve records of suspects prior to the issue of a warrant. The news comes after the Computer Emergency Response Team detected approximately 250,000 "hacking crimes" against financial, government and business organisations across Australia. "As we exchange more information online," McClelland said, "cyber crime is becoming a growing threat to individuals, businesses and governments."
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