Cybercrime in Australia 2025

URLs correct as at April 2026

auDA 2025. Digital lives of Australians 2025. https://www.auda.org.au/news-insights/research-reports/digital-lives-of-australians/

Australian Banking Association 2023. Banks unite to declare war on scammers. https://www.ausbanking.org.au/new-scam-safe-accord/

Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) 2026. National, state and territory population, September 2025. https://www.abs.gov.au/statistics/people/population/national-state-and-territory-population/latest-release

Australian Bureau of Statistics 2025. Crime victimisation, 2023–24 financial year. https://www.abs.gov.au/statistics/people/crime-and-justice/crime-victimisation/2023-24

Australian Bureau of Statistics 2024a. Estimated resident and projected Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population aged 18 years and over, medium series, sex by states and territories and Australia—2011 to 2031. https://www.abs.gov.au/statistics/people/aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-peoples/estimates-and-projections-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-australians/2011-2031/32380DO005_20112031.xlsx

Australian Bureau of Statistics 2024b. Population estimates by LGA, Significant Urban Area, Remoteness Area, Commonwealth Electoral Division and State Electoral Division, 2001 to 2023. https://www.abs.gov.au/statistics/people/population/regional-population/2022-23/32180DS0004_2001-23.xlsx

Australian Bureau of Statistics 2022a. Cultural diversity: Census. https://www.abs.gov.au/statistics/people/people-and-communities/cultural-diversity-census/2021

Australian Bureau of Statistics 2022b. National Health Survey: First results methodology, 2020–21. https://www.abs.gov.au/methodologies/national-health-survey-methodology/2020-21

Australian Communications and Media Authority 2025. Action on scams, spam and telemarketing. https://www.acma.gov.au/action-spam-and-telemarketing

Australian Competition and Consumer Commission 2026. Targeting scams: Report of the National Anti-Scam Centre on scams data and activity 2025. Canberra: Australian Competition and Consumer Commission. https://www.scamwatch.gov.au/research-and-resources/targeting-scams-report/targeting-scams-report-of-the-national-anti-scam-centre-on-scams-data-and-activity-2025

Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) 2026. Guidelines for cyber security incidents. https://www.cyber.gov.au/resources-business-and-government/essential-cybersecurity/ism/cybersecurity-guidelines/guidelines-cybersecurity-incidents

Australian Human Rights Commission 2025. Guidelines on equal access to digital goods and services. Sydney: Australian Human Rights Commission. https://humanrights.gov.au/?a=47358

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) 2022. People with disability in Australia 2022. Canberra: AIHW. https://doi.org/10.25816/5ec5be4ced179

Australian Signals Directorate 2025. Annual cyber threat report, July 2024 to June 2025. Canberra: Australian Signals Directorate. https://www.cyber.gov.au/about-us/view-all-content/reports-and-statistics/annual-cyber-threat-report-2024-2025

Boxall H & Morgan A 2021. Intimate partner violence during the COVID-19 pandemic: A survey of women in Australia. Sydney: Australia's National Research Organisation for Women’s Safety (ANROWS). https://www.aic.gov.au/publications/special/special-11

Bumble nd. Guidelines. https://bumble.com/en-au/guidelines

Callegaro M & DiSogra C 2008. Computing response metrics for online panels. Public Opinion Quarterly 72(5): 1008–1032. https://doi.org/10.1093/poq/nfn065

Cheung KL, ten Klooster PM, Smit C, de Vries H & Pieterse ME 2017. The impact of nonresponse bias due to sampling in public health studies: A comparison of voluntary versus mandatory recruitment in a Dutch national survey on adolescent health. BMC Public Health 17: 276. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-017-4189-8

Deloitte 2025. Media and entertainment consumer insights 2025. https://www.deloitte.com/au/en/Industries/tmt/research/media-and-entertainment-consumer-insights.html

Department of Home Affairs 2022. National Plan to Combat Cybercrime. https://www.homeaffairs.gov.au/about-us/our-portfolios/criminal-justice/cybercrime/2022-national-plan-to-combat-cybercrime

Emerson E, Fortune N, Llewellyn G & Stancliffe R 2020. Loneliness, social support, social isolation and wellbeing among working age adults with and without disability: Cross-sectional study. Disability and Health Journal 14(1): 100965. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dhjo.2020.100965

eSafety Commissioner 2020. Online safety for young people with intellectual disability. https://www.esafety.gov.au/research/online-safety-for-young-people-with-intellectual-disability

Instagram 2026. Nudity protection in chats on Instagram. https://help.instagram.com/503437025160040/

Koebert J 2026. 2025 antivirus statistics and consumer report, 75% of users say antivirus protection is effective at keeping them safe. All About Cookies. https://allaboutcookies.org/antivirus-protection-survey

Kypri K, Samaranayaka A, Connor J, Langley JD & Maclennan B 2011. Non-response bias in a web-based health behaviour survey of New Zealand tertiary students. Preventive Medicine 53(4–5): 274–277. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ypmed.2011.07.017

Lam J 2022. Neighborhood characteristics, neighborhood satisfaction, and loneliness differences across ethnic–migrant groups in Australia. Journals of Gerontology 77(11): 2113–2125. https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbab219

Muller CJ & MacLehose RF 2014. Estimating predicted probabilities from logistic regression: Different methods correspond to different target populations. International Journal of Epidemiology 43(3): 962–970. https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyu029

Ngo F 2024. Cybercrime victims who aren’t proficient in English are undercounted – and poorly protected. The Conversation, 30 January. https://theconversation.com/cybercrime-victims-who-arent-proficient-in-english-are-undercounted-and-poorly-protected-207466

Nicholson J, Coventry L & Briggs P 2019. “If it is important it will be a headline”: Cybersecurity information seeking in older adults. Proceedings of the 2019 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. https://doi.org/10.1145/3290605.3300579

Office of the Australian Information Commissioner 2023. Australian Community Attitudes to Privacy Survey. https://www.oaic.gov.au/engage-with-us/research-and-training-resources/research/australian-community-attitudes-to-privacy-survey/australian-community-attitudes-to-privacy-survey-2023

Pennay D et al. 2023. Results from the 2022 Australian Comparative Study of Survey Methods. Canberra: Australian National University. https://csrm.cass.anu.edu.au/research/publications/results-2022-australian-comparative-study-survey-methods-acssm

Pennay D, Neiger D, Lavrakas PJ & Borg K 2018. The Online Panels Benchmarking Study: A total survey error comparison of findings from probability-based surveys and non-probability online panel surveys in Australia. CSRM & SRC Methods Paper no. 2/2018. Canberra: Australian National University. https://csrm.cass.anu.edu.au/research/publications/online-panels-benchmarking-study-total-survey-error-comparison-findings

Qantas 2025. Update on Qantas cyber incident: Wednesday 9 July 2025. Media release, 9 July. https://www.qantasnewsroom.com.au/media-releases/update-on-qantas-cyber-incident-wednesday-9-july-2025

Rishworth A & Rowland M 2024. New online dating industry code now in place. Media release, 5 July. https://ministers.dss.gov.au/media-releases/15161

Scamwatch nd. Chinese authority scams. https://www.scamwatch.gov.au/types-of-scams/threat-scams/chinese-authority-scams

Stringer C & Michailova S 2019. Understanding the exploitation of temporary migrant workers: A comparison of Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United Kingdom. Report prepared for the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment, New Zealand. https://www.mbie.govt.nz/dmsdocument/7110-understanding-the-exploitation-of-temporary-migrant-workers-a-comparison-of-australia-canada-new-zealand-and-the-united-kingdom

Victoria Police 2025. Fake authority scams targeting the Chinese community. https://www.police.vic.gov.au/scams-targeting-mandarin-speaking-community

Voce I & Morgan A 2025a. Cybercrime in Australia 2024. Statistical Report no. 53. Canberra: Australian Institute of Criminology. https://doi.org/10.52922/sr77918

Voce I & Morgan A 2025b. Developing a harm index for individual victims of cybercrime. Trends & issues in crime and criminal justice no. 706. Canberra: Australian Institute of Criminology. https://doi.org/10.52922/ti77666

Voce I & Morgan A 2023a. Cybercrime in Australia 2023. Statistical Report no. 43. Canberra: Australian Institute of Criminology. https://doi.org/10.52922/sr77031

Voce I & Morgan A 2023b. Online behaviour, life stressors and profit-motivated cybercrime victimisation. Trends & issues in crime and criminal justice no. 675. Canberra: Australian Institute of Criminology. https://doi.org/10.52922/ti77062

Wolbers H, Boxall H, Long C & Gunnoo A 2022. Sexual harassment, aggression and violence victimisation among mobile dating app and website users in Australia. Research Report no. 25. Canberra: Australian Institute of Criminology. https://doi.org/10.52922/rr78740

Xing T et al. 2020. Vulnerability to fraud among Chinese older adults: Do personality traits and loneliness matter? Journal of Elder Abuse & Neglect 32(1): 46–59. https://doi.org/10.1080/08946566.2020.1731042

Yeager DS et al. 2011. Comparing the accuracy of RDD telephone surveys and internet surveys conducted with probability and non-probability samples. Public Opinion Quarterly 75(4): 709–47. https://doi.org/10.1093/poq/nfr020