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China Blamed For Attack On Australian Bureau of Meteorology (abc.net.au)

Posted by Soulskill on from the stormy-weather dept.

New submitter ElectronF sends news that officials within the Australian government are blaming China for an attack on computer systems at the Bureau of Meteorology. "The bureau owns one of Australia's largest supercomputers and provides critical information to a host of agencies. Its systems straddle the nation, including one link into the Department of Defence at Russell Offices in Canberra." China has denied involvement, saying, "We have stressed that cyber security needs to be based on mutual respect. We believe it is not constructive to make groundless accusations or speculation." The Bureau's systems are still fully operational, though officials say the breach will require significant investment to recover from.

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  1. For all the crap the NSA is accused of... by MikeRT · · Score: 3, Interesting

    "We have stressed that cyber security needs to be based on mutual respect. We believe it is not constructive to make groundless accusations or speculation."

    Attacking public systems like this is not one of the things they're much known for doing or even aiding and abetting. One has to wonder what China would do if suddenly the NSA and GCHQ were to take the kid gloves off and do to Chinese industry and civilian agencies what they've been doing to ours.

    The only real electronic escalation would be attack on critical systems aimed at killing people. Once Chinese state-backed hackers start doing that, it's only a matter of time before the federal government escalates it into a formal war. So the question is, what does it take to get "mutual respect."

  2. Re: Isn't it interesting... by DMJC · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Nah not stealth, just the shitty vtol those idiot marines put in. Jack of all trades master of none and too many cooks make for a dud plane.