{"id":861466,"date":"2026-08-20T01:40:13","date_gmt":"2026-08-20T01:40:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/861466\/"},"modified":"2026-08-20T01:40:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T01:40:13","slug":"ai-enabling-criminals-to-operate-at-greater-scale-nbn-chief-warns-in-hobart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/861466\/","title":{"rendered":"AI enabling criminals to operate at greater scale, nbn chief warns in Hobart"},"content":{"rendered":"

Artificial intelligence is making cybercrime more sophisticated and scams harder to detect, one of Australia\u2019s leading security experts has warned in Hobart.<\/p>\n

Darren Kane, chief security officer at nbn, delivered the message as closing keynote speaker at the TasICT-AISA Cyber Security Conference on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

He has spent more than a decade protecting Australians from cybercrime and currently leads security for one of Australia\u2019s largest telecommunications utilities.<\/p>\n

Kane said the growth of digital services had created enormous opportunities alongside serious security challenges.<\/p>\n

\"\"Darren Kane warned AI is making scams more convincing and harder to detect<\/p>\n

\u201cThe rise of artificial intelligence as a tool is supercharging both the opportunities and the threats,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is enabling cyber criminals to operate at greater scale and making scams more convincing and harder to detect.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"\"The TasICT-AISA Cyber Security Conference was held in Hobart. Image \/ Stock<\/p>\n

He said the quality of fraudulent communication had \u201cincreased dramatically\u201d as AI technologies operate at speed and scale.<\/p>\n

While Scamwatch data shows Tasmanians lost $2.47 million to scammers in 2025 \u2013 down more than 52% from $5.16 million in 2024 \u2013 Kane warned the threat is far from over.<\/p>\n

\u201cScammers treat people as numbers,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey use robocalls, mass text messages, fake emails and scripted approaches.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"\"Kane said no business was too small to be targeted by cyber criminals. Image \/ Supplied<\/p>\n

He urged Australians to \u201cstop, check and ask questions\u201d when something seems off.<\/p>\n

Kane said no organisation was safe from being targeted, regardless of size or location.<\/p>\n

\u201cNo business is too small to be targeted,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cEvery organisation, regardless of size or function, now must think about cyber security and take practical steps to protect its systems, data and client data.\u201d<\/p>\n

Now in its fifth year, the conference has grown into Tasmania\u2019s largest technology event, attracting more than 550 attendees from government, business and the tech sector.<\/p>\n

More than 35 specialist technology and cyber security organisations took part.<\/p>\n

TasICT chief executive Russell Kelly said the event showed the importance of Tasmania\u2019s technology sector.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe strong attendance and depth of expertise demonstrates the scale of Tasmania\u2019s technology sector and the growing role it plays in supporting our economy, government services and community,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Artificial intelligence is making cybercrime more sophisticated and scams harder to detect, one of Australia\u2019s leading security experts…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":861467,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[256,254,255,64,63,105],"class_list":["post-861466","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-artificial-intelligence","tag-ai","tag-artificial-intelligence","tag-artificialintelligence","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/861466","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=861466"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/861466\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/861467"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=861466"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=861466"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=861466"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}