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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: 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...