Incident: Cyber-security breach at Federal Parliament prompts security agency investigation | ABC News Australia
Computer passwords are reset as Australia’s security agencies investigate a cyber-security breach at Federal Parliament.
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Report: NSW Government agency’s 49-day hack shows need for cyber security beef up: report on 2017 incident | ABC News (Australia)
Australian Information Security Report: May 2 2018 It took one NSW Government agency 49 days to...
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Incident: Hackers Attack The NSW Government Department Of Resources And Energy | ABC News (Australia)
February 4, 2016.. The NSW Government Department of Resources and Energy has revealed that it was the target of a cyber attack in December 2015, during the time several major projects were being considered. This includes the $1.2 billion Shenhua Watermark coal mine, indirectly controlled by the Chinese government — which experts say is a possible source of the attack.
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