What the ACSC has done
What we
have
done
Received
over 22,000
calls on the Cyber Security Hotline – an
average of 60 per day and an increase of more than 310% from
the previous financial year
Provided advice or assistance to over 1,630 cyber
security incidents
Undertook 34 high-priority operational tasking activities in
response to identified and potential cyber threats or significant
events – this included scanning for vulnerable Australian devices
Removed over 7,700 websites that were hosting cybercrime
activity from the internet
Signed up 16 Australian Government agencies to the Australian
Protective Domain Name Service, processing more than 5.5 billion
queries and blocking over 400,000 malicious domain requests
Disrupted over 110 malicious COVID-19 themed websites, with
assistance from Telstra and Services Australia
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