Today Tonight: The Big Take

Seven Network's Today Tonight revealed in a September 3, 2009 program that a device no bigger than an office stapler pose an imminent threat to Australia's information security.

Personally identifiable information such as tax file numbers, bank account numbers and passwords travelling unencrypted on fibre optic cable could be intercepted by the small fibre-tap device.

The program heard that experts said that Australia was ill-prepared for combating such cyber crimes as fibre optic cables are currently poorly secured and vulnerable to the exploitation of cyber gangs.

The unsecured fibre optic cable network also puts national security under threat, says Julian Fay, Chief Technologist of Senetas Corporation.

He demonstrates how easily data could be intercepted to Jonathan Creek from Today Tonight.

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[Jake Tracey]

NICE VIDEO

GREAT WORK CREEKY