Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2019-02-08 00:00:00
Affected organization: Australian Parliament
Affected country: Australia
Industry: Public Administration
Event type: Exploitive
Event subtype: Exploitation of Application Server
Motive: Political-Espionage
Actor: Undetermined
Actor type: Criminal
Actor country: Undetermined
Description: Authorities in Australia say they are investigating an attempt to hack into its parliament's computer network. There is no evidence that information has been accessed or stolen. The hack likely came from a foreign state.