{
  "id": 16598541,
  "title": "Australians should prepare for online services to go down unexpectedly as threats rise, cyber agency warns",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/26/australians-should-prepare-for-online-services-to-go-down-16598541",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-26T11:30:40.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Guardian Australia",
    "slug": "the-guardian-australia",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/oct/26/australians-should-prepare-for-online-services-to-go-down-unexpectedly-as-threats-rise-cyber-agency-warns"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Australian Signals Directorate chief says advanced AI tools are needed to defend against ‘AI-enabled attackers’ Get our daily political email , free app or daily news podcast Australians should prepare for more basic and important online services to go offline unexpectedly, the nation’s signals intelligence agency has warned, urging that “system security must be prioritised over system…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}