The attacks have targeted all levels of the government, political organisations, essential service providers and operators of other critical infrastructure, Morrison said at a media briefing in Canberra.
Morrison said there were not a lot of state actors that could launch this sort of attack, but Australia will not identify which country was responsible. In March last year, Reuters reported that China was responsible for a hack on Australia’s parliament and three largest political parties. Australia never publicly identified that source of the attack and China denied it was responsible.
Morrison said he had spoke with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Thursday about the issue, while briefings to other allies have also been conducted.
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