Australian High Tech Crime Centre
The Australian Federal Police (AFP) hosts the Australian High Tech Crime Centre (AHTCC).
Definition of high tech crime
High tech crime offences are defined in Commonwealth legislation within Part 10.7 - Computer Offences of the Criminal Code Act 1995.
Offences under these sections include:
- unauthorised access, modification or impairment to a computer system
- unauthorised impairment of electronic communication
- unauthorised access to, or modification of, restricted data
- unauthorised impairment of data held on a computer disk
- possession or control of data with intent to commit a computer offence.
Information about the AHTCC is available from the AHTCC website.
