Industry News: Cyber

Federal MPs' computer network hacked in possible foreign government attack

Written by Cybersecurity | Feb 8, 2019 8:21:17 PM

2019-02-08

SMH: National security agencies are continuing to scour the Parliament's computer network for threats to MPs' data after what is being described as a "sophisticated" hack attack that could be the work of a foreign government. The hacking comes just three months ahead of the federal election, prompting fears that if MPs emails or data were stolen they could be used to cause political interference of the style Russia perpetrated against the United States in the 2016 presidential campaign...

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