In the 2022 financial year, 24 percent of cyber security threats reported to the Australian Cyber Security Centre were from Commonwealth Government agencies. The second highest share of reported threats were from state and territory and local government agencies.
Distribution of cyber security threats reported to the Australian Cyber Security Centre in Australia in financial year 2022, by affected sector
Australia's financial year runs from July 1 to June 30; for example, financial year 2017 starts on July 1, 2016 and ends on June 30, 2017.
The source suggests that the comparatively higher number of reports from Commonwealth, State and Territory Governments is due to their close working relationship with the ACSC and their willingness to report incidents.
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