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Improved institutional safeguards and stricter regulations have pushed the burdens of protection and risk reduction on to Australian businesses.
July 2, 2026
Individuals in Australia faced fewer cybercrimes in 2025 compared with 2024 and experienced relatively few consequences from them. Except, that is, the owners and operators of small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs), more of whom experienced legal and staffing fallouts.
Earlier this week, the Australian Institute of Criminology (AIC) published the results of a survey in which 10,593 Australians were asked about the cybercrimes they faced in 2025. Their responses were positive in some ways. Cybercrime was down overall. The financial costs of cybercrimes were also low. And that's despite some countervailing factors.
