{"id":263931,"date":"2021-08-05T07:17:17","date_gmt":"2021-08-05T07:17:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.innovationaus.com\/?p=20826"},"modified":"2021-08-05T07:17:17","modified_gmt":"2021-08-05T07:17:17","slug":"pjcis-calls-for-changes-to-new-hacking-powers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2021\/08\/05\/pjcis-calls-for-changes-to-new-hacking-powers\/","title":{"rendered":"PJCIS calls for changes to new hacking powers"},"content":{"rendered":"
The national security committee<\/strong> has called for a series of changes to the federal government\u2019s plan to hand sweeping new hacking powers to the AFP before it is passed by Parliament.<\/p>\n The Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security (PJCIS) tabled its report on the Identify and Disrupt bill on Thursday afternoon, recommending the legislation be passed if a number of amendments are made.<\/p>\n These include strengthened oversight, the shoring up of judicial reviews and better consideration of privacy issues around the new powers. Labor has offered bipartisan support for the PJCIS report but wants the powers to only apply to \u201cserious offences\u201d.<\/p>\n The national committee also took aim at the authorities providing classified submissions to the inquiry, and ordered Home Affairs to stop making submissions on behalf of the \u201cHome Affairs portfolio\u201d.<\/p>\n The Identify and Disrupt bill hands sweeping hacking powers to the AFP and ACIC to access the computers and networks of those suspected of conducting criminal activity online, specifically targeting the dark web.<\/p>\n The legislation introduces three new warrants which would allow authorities to \u201cdisrupt\u201d the data of suspected offenders, access their devices and networks to identify who they are and take over their accounts covertly.<\/p>\n