Australia is under sustained cyber attack. What’s going on, and what should businesses do?

Prime Minister Scott Morrison had some alarming news for Australians on Friday, June 19: we are under cyber attack. He informed the nation the attacks “hadn’t just started”, and that Australian businesses and governments are being widely targeted. It is unclear why the government chose last week to make the announcement, or indeed what exactly is going on. The attack is described as “state-sponsored”, which means a foreign government is believed to be behind it. When asked who that mig

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