Bill
Crimes Legislation Amendment (Ransomware Action Plan) Bill 2022
lapsed, as at 2022-04-11. Home Affairs portfolio.
- Sponsor
- Not recorded
- Portfolio
- Home Affairs
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2022-02-17
- second reading — 2022-02-17
- other — 2022-04-11
Divisions
No divisions recorded. Most questions are decided on the voices; this does not establish that a bill was unopposed.
Plain-language summary
Written by a model from the explanatory memorandum; not the record, as at 2022-02-17.
The bill would update criminal laws to address the threat of ransomware.
It would change the Criminal Code Act 1995, the Crimes Act 1914 and the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 to create new offences and procedures.
The government says the bill is part of a plan announced on 13 October 2021 to protect Australians and strengthen responses to ransomware attacks.
- The bill creates new criminal offences for ransomware-related activities.
- It updates procedures for investigating and prosecuting ransomware cases.
- The bill targets data theft, encryption, cyber extortion and ransomware-as-a-service.
Individuals and crime syndicates that carry out ransomware attacks, and the Australian government agencies that respond to them.
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