The Director-General of Australia’s security and intelligence agency has conveyed a clear message—and threat—that any criminals or state actors seeking to conduct cyber attacks on Australia should be wary of the nation’s counter-offensive capabilities. Rachel Noble, the Director-General of the Australian Signals Directorate (ASD)—a government agency responsible for intelligence, cyber security, and offensive operations—said that Australia’s ability to detect and retaliate against cyber attacks now posed a significant threat to malicious actors. “ASD is increasingly becoming the first and last line of digital defence that protects our country from cyber attacks … and we are right now fighting that battle with criminals, state actors and serious and organised crime,” Noble said, reported the Australian Associated Press. “But we do want our adversaries to know that we are here. “We want them to calculate: Today is not the day.” Noble said the strength of Australia’s offensive operations had grown to the …