“Cyber attacks” on Australian government and industry bodies are most likely being directed by China’s premier intelligence agency in retaliation for banning telco Huawei from the 5G network, experts have told the ABC.
Key points:
- The Prime Minister held a press conference this morning to discuss a campaign of “cyber attacks” from a “state-based cyber actor”
- The attacks been simple, so it has been hard to definitively identify the source, a former Australian official has told the ABC
- Insiders say the attacks started after the 2018 ban of Huawei from the Australian 5G infrastructure rollout
In August 2018, the Australian Government banned Huawei and other companies from involvement in Australia’s 5G network.
The ABC spoke to two former Australian officials who confirmed that the Huawei ban sparked the malicious cyber campaign. Both spoke on condit