[LINK] Major cyber attack on Australian governments and business

[jwhit at internode.on.net]

The assumptions on twitter are:
- to cover for his tanty in QT yesterday 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SuCzHpTFyII
- to cover for turning the unis into trade schools
- a lipspill attack from Dutton
- all of the above.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Kim Holburn" 
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Sent:Fri, 19 Jun 2020 15:02:10 +1000
Subject:[LINK] Major cyber attack on Australian governments and
business

 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
 > 
 >
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 ...
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