Australia's cyber security watch room is monitoring threats 24/7. What's it like inside? | ABC News

For a dedicated few, keeping Australia safe online starts in the early hours of the morning. That's when the day shift starts for analysts in the Australian Cyber Security Centre's 24/7 watch room.
Their Canberra headquarters looks like any other nondescript government building but, a few steps inside the lobby, a lattice made up of zeros and ones provides a clue as to what's going on inside.
Now more than ever, Australians are living their lives online. And every connection for work, school or leisure creates a new vulnerability.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison's unusual press conference in June declaring that Australia was under sustained attack came after months of warnings that the COVID-19 pandemic was providing a valuable opportunity for criminals.
If a determined attacker did try to turn the lights out in Sydney, or tie up a hospital's files with ransomware, the watch room team in the ACSC should be among the first to know.
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