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Australian PM Scott Morrison says the country's major political parties and parliament were hit by a "malicious intrusion" on their computer networks.
The activity was carried out by a "sophisticated state actor", he said.
But he added there was "no evidence of any electoral interference". The nation will hold an election within months.
"During the course of this work, we also became aware that the networks of some political parties - Liberal, Labor and Nationals - have also been affected," he told the House of Representatives on Monday.
[...] The Australian government has faced a number of cyber-attacks in recent years, some of which have been attributed in local media to nations such as China.
In 2015 and 2016, there were high-profile attacks on the government's weather and statistics agencies. In 2011, senior Australian ministers also had their email systems breached.
(Score: 3, Interesting) by takyon on Tuesday February 19 2019, @03:59AM (13 children)
My theory is that it probably is happening because their security is crap. There are much better targets out there, such as universities, tech companies, or defense contractors. Australian political parties are what you go after when you get bored. And maybe they do have some valuable info in docs and emails.
Is it going to affect an election outcome? We'll see.
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(Score: 2, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday February 19 2019, @04:54AM (3 children)
There's some dodgy shit going on here with chinese money. Rich chinese are illegally (by chinese law) smuggling money out of China and buying properties here. China is hiring PI's to track them down, they then go to court to seize the properties and claim the money back.
There are conflicting behaviours all over the place, some people like that they are driving up prices, some don't like it, everyone from real estate agents to the PI's are getting commissions, politicians don't like the mess but do like the bribes, the courts don't like wasting time getting involved in what is essentially some other country's tax problems.
I can certainly see the chinese gov trying to get some material to apply pressure in their favour.
(Score: 2) by takyon on Tuesday February 19 2019, @05:14AM (2 children)
Bull up and get a piece of that action.
If Australia does end up as China's vassal state, join the resistance. Lace the cane toads or something.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday February 19 2019, @01:14PM
At least then we will be able to buy land in China.
Won't happen though. The Indians are doing their best to crowd in and populate up. As are the muzzies. NZ offloaded a bunch for a while but we dumped quite a few back over there so we're even stevens. Several countries are hungrily eyeing Australia as a prize just waiting for the soft belly to show.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday February 19 2019, @04:40PM
...then it has only itself to blame, your rot started back in the 60's/70's when you ended the 'ten pound pom' scheme and the 'white Australia policy', of course, real Australians place the real start date of when the rot set in to the year 1788...
(Score: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday February 19 2019, @05:38AM (7 children)
Like anyone cares who runs ausstralia.
(Score: 5, Funny) by takyon on Tuesday February 19 2019, @06:02AM (5 children)
Please be respectful. We have several fine, upstanding Australian citizens in this community. As well as c0lo.
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(Score: 2) by MostCynical on Tuesday February 19 2019, @06:57AM (1 child)
Is he not fine, or other than upstanding?
"I guess once you start doubting, there's no end to it." -Batou, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday February 19 2019, @09:21AM
He might be unable to see beyond the wog. Some people are differently-abled like this.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday February 19 2019, @01:10PM
Probably pommies.
Do we have decent aussies anymore? Or do we need to ship in some more criminals and wait another century?
(Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday February 19 2019, @04:55PM (1 child)
Name 17.
(Score: 2) by takyon on Tuesday February 19 2019, @05:41PM
c1lo, c2lo, c3lo, [...] c17lo.
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(Score: 2, Funny) by realDonaldTrump on Tuesday February 19 2019, @11:39AM
Adolf Hitler came from there. And ended up running most of Europe.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday February 19 2019, @10:26AM
Not if the hackers are state sponsored and want personal leverage against politicians who may not be as cooperative as the hacking country likes.