[LINK] Major cyber attack on Australian governments and business

[Stephen Loosley]

Foreign government behind major cyber attack on Australian governments and business, PM says

By political reporter Georgia Hitch  Posted 1 hour ago, updated 9mminutes ago

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-06-19/foreign-cyber-hack-targets-australian-government-and-business/12372470

Prime Minister Scott Morrison says Australian organisations, including governments and businesses, are currently the targets of sustained attacks by a sophisticated foreign "state-based" hacker.

Key points:

A foreign government is believed to be behind the wide-ranging attack
The Prime Minister says there have not been large-scale personal data breaches
The Government will not say publicly which state is behind the cyber attack
"This activity is targeting Australian organisations across a range of sectors, including all levels of government, industry, political organisations, education, health, essential service providers and operators of other critical infrastructure," he said.

"We know it is a sophisticated state-based cyber actor because of the scale and nature of the targeting and the tradecraft used."

Mr Morrison said, so far, it did not appear there had been any "large-scale" breaches of people's personal information but described the attack as "malicious".

"This is why we are raising this matter today, to raise awareness of this important issue," he said.

"To encourage organisations, particularly those in the health, critical infrastructure and essential services to take expert advice and implement technical defences to thwart this malicious cyber activity."

Government will not say which state behind attacks ...