Australia didn't blame China for parliament hack in case it upset trade relations – report

Australia didn't blame China for parliament hack in case it upset trade relations – report

So much for the public deterrence value of attribution


Australian spooks concluded that China was to blame for a series of hacks on its parliament and leading political parties – but kept it quiet for fear of angering the Middle Kingdom, according to reports.


The February cyber-attack saw Aussie MPs told to reset their passwords, with officials publicly insisting that no data had been accessed, while giving noticeably few details about what had happened and why.


Yet, according to the Reuters newswire, the culprit was the Chinese state.


Two of the five talkative people spoken to by the newswire said that the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs ordered secrecy over the findings of ..

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