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Australia under huge 'sophisticated' cyber attack - all levels of government targeted

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The Australian government and other organisations are being targeted by a "sophisticated state-based cyber actor", Prime Minister Scott Morrison has confirmed.

The cyber attacks have targeted all levels of the government, political organisations, essential service providers and operators of other critical infrastructure, Morrison said in a media briefing in Canberra on Friday. "We know it is a sophisticated state-based cyber actor because of the scale and nature of the targeting," he said.

The personal data of Australians does not appear to be under threat. "I raise this not to raise the concerns of Australians but in many ways to reassure Australians that we understand what’s going on here and we are addressing it to best of our

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