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Federal Government agencies believe that China is the nation behind ongoing cyber attacks on Australian institutions, including hospitals and state-owned utilities, in recent months.
Key points:
China is believed to be behind the wide-ranging attacks on Australian governments and businesses
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
Prime Minister Scott Morrison said Australian organisations, including governments and businesses, were currently being targeted by a sophisticated foreign "state-based" hacker.
While Mr Morrison said the Government would not take the formal step of publicly naming which state, senior sources confirmed China is believed to be behind the malicious attacks.
The Prime Minister emphasised the attacks "hadn't just started", were ongoing and constant threats to Australia, and said the accumulation of attacks required a firm warning to the government and private sectors to harden their shields.
Some of the attacks have been on state government departments and agencies and local governments, all of which hold sensitive economic and personal data.
"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," Mr Morrison said.
IMO China is the big bully in Asia.
originally posted by: myselfaswell
a reply to: 727Sky
IMO China is the big bully in Asia.
Not wrong there, and personally, I've had a gut full of the pricks. Simple as that. At any other time this would be seen as an attack.
For Example. HAVE A LOOK AT THE CURRENT TELSTRA OUTAGE MAP. I've been on the mobile to Telstra as I have no landline and no internet. They are describing it as an unplanned outage.....FFS.
Does this not make anyone think............it's a test......what level of communications disruption can they achieve.......
The United States and India should be close allies. We’re the two largest democracies and there are a lot of Indian Americans. Both nations share a common enemy in China. And Pakistan is an awful ally. I don’t want to give them a dime’s worth of aid.
originally posted by: Suanna
China will attack India and capture part of it. US hesitates to help India due to financial problems, but eventually it will and also Russia. These are predictions from Indian Guru since long ago. Joni Patry predicted some time ago India to get attacked etc. If you wish to see more details etc.
proutscandinavia.blogspot.com...
Prime Minister Scott Morrison said Australian organisations, including governments and businesses, were currently being targeted by a sophisticated foreign "state-based" hacker.
While Mr Morrison said the Government would not take the formal step of publicly naming which state, senior sources confirmed China is believed to be behind the malicious attacks.
originally posted by: Arnie123
a reply to: pravdaseeker
The US would never let Australia fight alone.