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Australia's cyber security watch room is monitoring threats 24/7. What's it like inside? | ABC News

For a dedicated few, keeping Australia safe online starts in the early hours of the morning. That's when the day shift starts for analysts in the Australian Cyber Security Centre's 24/7 watch room. Their Canberra headquarters looks like any other nondescript government building but, a few steps inside the lobby, a lattice made up of zeros and ones provides a clue as to what's going on inside. Now more than ever, Australians are living their lives online. And every connection for work, school or leisure creates a new vulnerability. Prime Minister Scott Morrison's unusual press conference in June declaring that Australia was under sustained attack came after months of warnings that the COVID-19 pandemic was providing a valuable opportunity for criminals. If a determined attacker did try to turn the lights out in Sydney, or tie up a hospital's files with ransomware, the watch room team in the ACSC should be among the first to know. Read more here: https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2... For more from ABC News, click here: https://ab.co/2kxYCZY You can watch more ABC News content on iview: https://ab.co/2OB7Mk1 Subscribe to us on YouTube: http://ab.co/1svxLVE Go deeper on our ABC News In-depth channel: https://ab.co/2lNeBn2 You can also like us on Facebook:   / abcnews.au   Or follow us on Instagram:   / abcnews_au   Or even on Twitter:   / abcnews