One-stop shop for cybercrime set up

Reporting cybercrime could become as easy as clicking a mouse under a government program to be unveiled soon.

The national police information agency CrimTrac is putting the final touches to the scheme known as the Australian Cybercrime Online Reporting Network.

Cybercrime is said to affect around 5.4 million Australians each year at a cost of $1 billion.

Criminals are becoming more sophisticated and using global networks.

CrimTrac CEO Doug Smith told a parliamentary inquiry on Friday the new ACORN scheme, to be launched "shortly", would complement the work already done by the agency.

The agency holds, on behalf of all police forces, the national fingerprint and DNA collections, an 8.7 million-record police report database and national child offender records.

ACORN will enable people to securely report cybercrime through a website.

The types of matters that could be reported include strange texts, emails or phone calls, being tricked into giving personal or banking information, a computer virus attack or cyberbullying.

It will also be possible to report the discovery of illegal, banned or "objectionable" material online.

Police will determine which matters to investigate, with the Australian Crime Commission providing support with intelligence gathering.

Consideration is also being given to a "tech crime offenders registry".