[LINK] Hackers hit Gillard, ministers' computers

[Kim Holburn]

Here is one of the Murdoch articles.  Serious photoshop fail in this article though.
http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/national/hackers-log-in-to-federal-mps-emails/story-e6freuzr-1226029677394


On 2011/Mar/29, at 10:13 AM, Kim Holburn wrote:

> http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/1509096/Hackers-hit-Gillard-ministers-computers
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>> Hackers hit Gillard, ministers' computers
>> 29 March 2011 | 07:23:29 AM	 | Source: AAP
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>> Thousands of emails are believed to have been accessed in the cyber attacks. (File Getty)
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> Why did they use a stock photo of a Mac laptop?
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>> The parliamentary computers of Prime Minister Julia Gillard and at least two other senior ministers are suspected of being hacked.
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>> Ms Gillard's parliamentary computer, along with those of several cabinet ministers including Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd and Defence Minister Stephen Smith were believed to have been compromised, News Ltd newspapers report.
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> I can't seem to find this report.  No "hyperlink".
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>> Thousands of emails are believed to have been accessed in the cyber attacks.
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>> Four Australian government sources confirmed with the newspapers they had been told Chinese intelligence agencies were part of a list of suspected hackers.
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>> US intelligence officials alerted their Australian counterparts and News Ltd believes ASIO has started an investigation.
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>> The cyber attacks are believed to be on the Australian Parliament House email network, the less secure of two networks used by MPs.
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>> Ministers use a departmental network for more high security communications.
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>> The newspaper reports senior sources in the government confirmed the computers were subjected to the espionage for more than a month from sometime last month.
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>> Attorney-General Robert McClelland would neither confirm nor deny the attacks.
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