Toward Decline
To face AI intrusion, counting legacy systems will be easy. Fixing them won’t
Why it matters
Australian government infrastructure — including health, defence-adjacent, and national-security systems — remains exposed to AI-enabled cyber intrusion while remediation lags behind threat acceleration. The Home Affairs directive signals awareness but not capability to defend; without rapid vendor support and budget prioritization, legacy systems will remain attack surfaces during potential Indo-Pacific conflict or crisis.
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