Australia critical infrastructure faces cyber threats, report says
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Ā Australia said it was concerned that one in ten cybersecurity incidents last year involved critical infrastructure, with state-sponsored actors targeting the countryās government, infrastructure and businesses using evolving tradecraft.
The Australian Signals Directorate said in a report on Wednesday over 11% of cyber security incidents last year related to critical infrastructure, including electricity, gas, water, education and transport services.
Of these, a quarter were phishing incidents, 21% were exploitation of a public-facing interface, and 15% brute-force activities.
āWe are worryingly seeing an increased focus by both cyber criminals and state actors on our critical infrastructure,ā Defence Minister Richard Marles said in a radio interview with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
Australia had joined international partners inĀ attributing cyber incidentsĀ over the yearĀ to China,Ā RussiaĀ and Iran, he added.
China was evolving cyber techniques, with the choice of targets and behaviour āconsistent with pre-positioning for disruptive effects rather than traditional cyber espionage operationsā, the report said.
Beijing has repeatedly denied claims by the U.S. and Australian governments that it has used hackers to break into foreign computer systems.
Source: https://www.reuters.com/
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