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BanThisURL recently interviewed Matthew Strahan, a computer security professional with Securus Global. He makes a living telling companies how to secure their computer systems by breaking into them.

Over the course of the discussion, we addressed various ways to sidestep the filter, how a hacker could use the filters to intercept personal data from any Australian and how a few simple commands could bring the internet to a screeching halt.

As this interview is quite long and detailed, we will be releasing the second part tomorrow, and a summary and explanation on Thursday. Do feel free to add our RSS feed (above) to your reader to be kept up to date.

BanThisURL: What worries you most about the filters from a security standpoint?
Matthew Strahan: From a security standpoint it’s that somebody would take over the box. Especially if they standardize the filter. Depending on how they set it up, an attacker could become the man in the middle of every single Australian home connection. Which is a huge thing READ MORE