Call for closer Asean-Australia cybersecurity ties

Sydney

ASEAN and Australia should work closer together on cybersecurity issues, which range from Internet crimes to fake news, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said on Sunday.

In a speech to other Asean leaders and Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull during a plenary session at the Asean-Australia Special Summit, he noted that cybercrime is a trans-boundary problem that is difficult to police.

"It can have a drastic impact on our populations, for example in terms of critical infrastructure, and it can be insidious…