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"SYDNEY—Australia, the U.S. and six other allies warned that a Chinese
state-sponsored hacking group poses a threat to their networks, in an unusual
coordinated move by Western governments to call out a global hacking operation
they say is directed by Beijing’s intelligence services.
Tuesday’s advisory was a rare instance of Washington’s major allies in the
Pacific and elsewhere joining to sound the alarm on China’s cyber activity.
Australia led and published the advisory. It was joined by the U.S., U.K.,
Canada and New Zealand, which along with Australia are part of an
intelligence-sharing group of countries known as the Five Eyes. Germany, Japan
and South Korea also signed on.
The warning marked the first time South Korea and Japan joined with Australia
in attributing malicious cyber activity to China. It was also the first time
that Australia—which has been reluctant to point the finger at China, its
largest trading partner—led such an effort, according to a person familiar with
the matter.
“In our current strategic circumstances, these attributions are increasingly
important tools in deterring malicious cyber activity,” said Richard Marles,
Australia’s deputy prime minister and defense minister."
Via
The RISKS Digest Volume 34 Issue 35:
http://catless.ncl.ac.uk/Risks/34/35#subj2
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
