Beijing has accused the Australian government of being part of a 'disinformation campaign' after the Five Eyes countries blamed China's state-sponsored hackers for cyber attacks on critical infrastructure in the US.
on Thursday, warning about a “cluster of activity” targeting “critical infrastructure sectors” in America.Shadow cyber security minister James Paterson welcomed the Australian government’s decision to join the other Five Eyes to publicly attribute the “malign behaviour” to China. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Gary Ramage
According to Cybersecurity Advisory, Volt Typhoon used so-called “living off the land” techniques, which “involve the use of built-in Windows tools on compromised hosts.” The Victorian Senator said similar “living off the land” attacks are “unquestionably” a threat to Australia.
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