17-04-2018 02:56 via theguardian.com

Australia joins US and UK in blaming Russian-backed hackers for cyber-attacks

No indication that Australian information was compromised in ‘malicious’ August offensiveAustralia has joined the US and UK in publicly blaming Russia for a “malicious” global cyber-attack last year. The attack appeared to be an attempt at espionage, stealing intellectual property and laying the foundation for a future attack on infrastructure.Australia joined a coordinated announcement sheeting the blame home to Russian state-sponsored actors. The US and the UK held rare
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