The motives for recent attacks on Medibank and Optus go far beyond theft of data and the potential for financial extortion.
A dangerous "axis of evil in cyberspace" is primed to launch more attacks on major Australian companies, a leading cybersecurity expert has warned, claiming the compromised networks of Medibank and Optus are just phase one in a dark master plan.
He cautioned Australia must dramatically step up its cyber defence game, adding it was now time for the West to launch "true cyber offensive operations" against Russian and Chinese state-sponsored hacking collectives. "And what will be notable is it'll be the previously compromised critical infrastructures of the West that will be used to launch those attacks.
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