Tech
Cyber terror: Australia faces the storm
Cyber Storm II, the international simulation of a coordinated attack on global cyber infrastructure, starts this week.
![suzanne-tindal.jpg](https://www.zdnet.com/a/img/resize/57011a0de7bcc35dc281c18b7882e45a774424d1/2014/07/22/1770fe5a-1174-11e4-9732-00505685119a/suzanne-tindal.jpg?auto=webp&fit=crop&frame=1&height=192&width=192)
in brief Cyber Storm II, the international simulation of a coordinated attack on global cyber infrastructure, starts this week.
The exercise, lead by the US Department of Homeland Security, will include Australian government and industry -- including IT, transportation, banking, communications, energy and water -- as well as Canada, New Zealand and the UK.
The enemy in Cyber Storm II will form coordinated cyber and physical attacks. The cyber attacks will likely involve a simulated massive Internet disruption, but will not impact any live networks.
The exercise, coordinated from Washington, is based on the assumption that any cyber-asset can be compromised given sufficient funding.