[ISN] Cyber attack in Canberra

From: InfoSec News <alerts_at_private>
Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2011 03:09:34 -0500 (CDT)
http://www.smh.com.au/technology/security/cyber-attack-in-canberra-20110415-1di3c.html

By Dylan Welch
The Sydney Morning Herald
April 16, 2011

SILENCE reigns in Canberra over the latest allegations of cyber 
espionage, with the government refusing to discuss claims foreign 
hacker-spies have stolen sensitive correspondence between ministers and 
resource companies operating in China.

The claim relates to an acknowledged intrusion into the aph.gov.au email 
network, used by all parliamentarians for their less confidential work. 
Two weeks ago MPs were warned by the electronic spy agency, the Defence 
Signals Directorate, that foreign hackers had stolen several thousand 
emails from the Prime Minister and nine other ministers.

Yesterday The West Australian reported that ASIO was particularly 
concerned about the theft of emails between ministers and large 
Australian resource companies doing business with the Chinese 
government.

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