CORRECT: GCSB wants to give ISPs more power to block cyber threats, director tells select committee

CORRECT: GCSB wants to give ISPs more power to block cyber threats, director tells select committee
Sophie Boot
(Corrects year-earlier figure in second paragraph in story published yesterday) By Sophie Boot Dec. 7 (BusinessDesk) - The Government Communications Security Bureau wants to give internet service providers more information and power to block cyber threats which are increasing, its director told the intelligence and security select committee yesterday. The communications-focussed spy agency has recorded 338 cyber security incidents in the last year, from 190 a year earlier, which director Andrew Hampton said was due to both the number o...