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 ... > _______________________________________________ > Link mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link > _______________________________________________ Link mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link
