New sabotage laws for cyber attacks on Australia's critical infrastructure

By David Wroe, National Security Correspondent
Updated December 8 2017 - 9:28am, first published 9:25am

Foreign-backed saboteurs who plant sleeper bugs in critical infrastructure such as telecommunications, power and water that could be mobilised to wreak havoc in the event of a war with Australia will face up to 15 years' jail under the new foreign interference laws.

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