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8 Feb 2019 · National · Government & Public Sector

Cyber Intrusion / APT CRITICAL ✓ Verified

What happened

The Australian Parliament House computing network was subject to a sophisticated cyber intrusion. The ACSC executed a rapid, unannounced administrative network password reset across the entire political ecosystem to neutralize a persistent adversary.

Incident details

Organisation

Department of Parliamentary Services (DPS)

Date

8 Feb 2019

Attack type

Cyber Intrusion / APT

Severity

CRITICAL

Sector

Government & Public Sector

State

National

Records affected

Unknown

Threat actor

State-Sponsored

Source

itnews.com.au ↗

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