The first West Australian Premier Mark McGowan knew of an attempted cyber attack against his office, reportedly originating from China, was through a news article in the New York Times.Hacking group Naikon is alleged to have embedded malware in an emailThe article, published on Friday, said an Israeli software company had detected a sophisticated form of malware, called Aria-body, in an email sent to the Premier's office in January by the Indonesian Embassy in Canberra.
"The incident was reviewed by the Australian Cyber Security Centre and the department's email security system. No further action was necessary.Opposition calls for inquiry "I don't think it's something that we should be complacent about, I don't think it's something that should be played down."Lotem Finklestein, head of threat intelligence at Check Point, said such attacks were not uncommon and were likely taking place globally every second, but he said in most cases the source of attacks remained unknown.
"It was targeting many governmental entities, specifically focusing on foreign affairs, science and technology ministries, trying to collect data that is related to these kinds of entities," he said. "They're very dangerous ... they take full control of your computer and they can access any data, any files that they want to access, send emails on your behalf," he said.
"They could send emails — to all of the ministers, for instance, or all of the department heads, or send a Premier's briefing — that could become public or more sinister.Cyber expert questions timing David Glance said attribution markers in cyber attacks could be manipulated and were difficult to verify.
He also said markers of attribution could be manipulated and claims such as Mr Finklestein's were difficult to verify. Mr Finklestein said the timing of releasing the Check Point research was not untoward, with the company seeking to ensure it informed all victims and potential victims of the purported Naikon attacks before publishing its research.
LMAO - how coincidental and timely that the USA has a blue pill enhanced hard on for wanting to make war with China and distract from their impotent president when this shows up. I wonder if Home Affairs has anything to do with it?
An American journalist reported cyber attack between Australian primer and Chinese hacker. 😂😂😂 Where are our cyber experts?
Is he though? Sounds like the security team caught it without any issues.
Journalism? An article in The West Australian newspaper full of 'facts' taken straight from New York Times: THEN THE DISCLAIMER. What is the US trying to initiate? Disgusting.
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