State Based Actor. He said the frequency of the attacks has increased "over many months", adding that these actions are carried "by a state-based actor with significant capabilities." "We know it is a sophisticated state-based cyber actor because of the scale and nature of the targeting and the tradecraft used." Russia, China and North Korea are among nations that have in the past. Morrison said there were not a lot of state actors that could launch this sort of.

He said the frequency of the attacks has increased "over many months", adding that these actions are carried "by a state-based actor with significant capabilities." "We know it is a sophisticated state-based cyber actor because of the scale and nature of the targeting and the tradecraft used." Russia, China and North Korea are among nations that have in the past.
He levelled blame at a "sophisticated state-based cyber actor", that could be one of only a handful of states.
A state-based actor refers to a person or group acting on behalf of a government or government Australia is the target of a cyber-attack by a "sophisticated state-based actor", the prime minister. Adds the Defence Minister: malicious cyber activity is increasing in frequency and scale. "We know it is a sophisticated state-based cyber actor because of the scale and nature of the targeting and the tradecraft used," he said. Australian PM said during press conference that it is known that the actor behind the cyber attack is "state-based", judging from the "scale and nature of the targeting".