[LINK] Major cyber attack on Australian governments and business

[Kim Holburn]

Yeah, it's been going on for a long time now.  The announcement today is
more likely a distraction from other things the LNP don't want you
thinking about.  Perhaps a branch stacking scandal?



On 2020/06/19 11:00 am, Stephen Loosley wrote:
> 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
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> https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-06-19/foreign-cyber-hack-targets-australian-government-and-business/12372470
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> 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.
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> Key points:
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> 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.
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> "We know it is a sophisticated state-based cyber actor because of the scale and nature of the targeting and the tradecraft used."
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> 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".
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> "This is why we are raising this matter today, to raise awareness of this important issue," he said.
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> "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."
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> Government will not say which state behind attacks ...
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