New South Wales Spends $60 Million to Boost Cyber Defences

A participant takes part in Seccon 2016, an international cyber security contest in Tokyo, Japan on Jan. 28, 2017. Tomohiro Ohsumi/Getty Images

The New South Wales government will bolster the state’s cyber defences with a $60 million investment in a team of crime-fighting specialists.

The move comes amid federal government efforts to tighten Australia’s cyber security defences.