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Australian Political Parties Hit By 'State Actor' Hack, PM Says

posted by mrpg on Tuesday February 19 2019, @02:45AM   Printer-friendly
from the why-not-actress? dept.

An Anonymous Coward writes:

Arthur T Knackerbracket has found the following story:

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.

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  • (Score: 1, Troll) by coolgopher on Tuesday February 19 2019, @05:49AM (3 children)

    by coolgopher (1157) on Tuesday February 19 2019, @05:49AM (#803372)

    Actually, it wouldn't surprise me if this was Russia having a play. It's in their playbook to meddle with elections, and if they can fob the blame off on China that'd be a double bonus.

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  • (Score: 2, Touché) by fustakrakich on Tuesday February 19 2019, @08:05AM (2 children)

    by fustakrakich (6150) on Tuesday February 19 2019, @08:05AM (#803402) Journal

    Yeah, and if you can fob the blame off on Russia, it's even better, huh? I mean, who's ever gonna believe the CIA or the Brits would dare do this shit?

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    • (Score: 1, Troll) by coolgopher on Tuesday February 19 2019, @09:24AM

      by coolgopher (1157) on Tuesday February 19 2019, @09:24AM (#803410)

      I'd say it's more a matter of skill... >.>

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday February 19 2019, @01:20PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday February 19 2019, @01:20PM (#803444)

      No its not Russia. The gov got rid of 7 zip totally so it can't be the ruskies.