Under the phishing scam, the hackers claim to employees from fictional outlets such as “Australian Morning News” or real publications such as The Australian.
Australian government agencies, news outlets and manufacturing companies have been targeted by a sophisticated year-long espionage campaign in which Chinese government-aligned hackers pose as media employees to implant malicious software on the victims’ computers.
The hackers have targeted an array of defence contractors, manufacturers, universities, government agencies and legal firms across the Asia-Pacific. “Further down the road, they are likely looking for things that can provide the Chinese government an advantage economically and militarily in the South China Sea.”
The latest annual report by the federal government’s Cyber Security Industry Advisory Committee, released last week, found that Australia is an increasingly attractive target for malicious actors and cybercriminals.
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