Prime Minister Scott Morrison states Australian organisations, consisting of federal governments and companies, are presently the targets of continual attacks by a sophisticated foreign “state-based” hacker.
Key points:
- A foreign federal government is believed to be behind the comprehensive attack
- The Prime Minister says there have not been massive individual information breaches
- The Government will not state openly which state is behind the cyber attack
” This activity is targeting Australian organisations across a series of sectors, including all levels of government, market, political organisations, education, health, necessary company and operators of other vital infrastructure,” he stated.
The Prime Minister emphasised the attacks “hadn’t just started” and were continuous and continuous hazards to Australia.
Mr Morrison stated, up until now, it did not appear there had actually been any “large-scale” breaches of individuals’s personal information however descr