Australia is under cyber-attack from 'state-based actor', Scott Morrison says

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

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A wide range of political and private sector organisations in Australia have come under cyber-attack carried out by a “sophisticated state-based cyber actor”, the Australian government has revealed.

Scott Morrison disclosed the far-reaching attacks at a media conference in Canberra on Friday, while his defence minister declared that malicious cyber activity was “increasing in frequency, scale, in sophistication and in its impact”.

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