On June 27, the Interior Ministers, Immigration Ministers, and Attorneys General of Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States met in Ottawa to discuss national security challenges facing their nations. In a subsequent Joint Communique, the Ministers and Attorneys General noted "the robust cooperation underway between our five countries on cyber issues" and the countries' "collective efforts to study and assess key emerging issues and trends in cyber security to prevent, detect and respond to cyber threats."

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