Australia Cyber Attack. Government organisations and businesses appear to be the target of the sophisticated "state-based" hacker. Australian prime minister says widespread assault on political and private sector organisations has been going on for months but is increasing in frequency and scale.
Cyber attack on australia: key points. * This is a "malicious" attack on government and private sector computer networks. * No large-scale data breaches have been detected. The attacks have targeted all levels of the government, political organisations, essential service "We know it is a sophisticated state-based cyber actor because of the scale and nature of the targeting. China fury: Australia UNDER ATTACK as PM warns world of mysterious enemy. "We know it is a sophisticated state-based cyber actor because of the scale and nature of the targeting and the trade.
China is considered to be the chief suspect behind escalating cyber-attacks on Australia.
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The Australian government is grappling with massive cyber attacks from what Prime Minister Scott Morrison has described as a "malicious" and "sophisticated" state-based actor. Australia has said it is the target of a cyberattack by an unnamed state actor [File: Issouf Sanogo/AFP -. Adem Somyurek 'very serious' about legal action.