Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2019-02-08 00:00:00
Affected organization: Liberal Party of Australia
Affected country: Australia
Industry: Other Services (except Public Administration)
Event type: Exploitive
Event subtype: Exploitation of Application Server
Motive: Undetermined
Actor: Undetermined
Actor type: Criminal
Actor country: Undetermined
Description: Authorities in Australia have concluded that China was responsible for hacking the Liberal Party of Australia before the Australian election in a campaign that also included the hacking of the country's Parliament.