No accusations? We wont name names but......China
. Current headlines on the ABC website right now:
Cyber attacks are retaliation from China's spy agency for Huawei's 5G ban, insiders say
Why China is being blamed for cyber attacks on Australia, and what its hackers might be looking for
China denies being behind cyber attack on Australia, foreign ministry spokesman calls claims 'baseless'
If ABC went to US or UK officials and asked if it was them...how do you think they would react?
"thanks for asking, but no. have a nice day?"
I didn't expect Scomo to reveal all the nittty gritty details, as that would be against national security interests. But I expect more than "this is not new", "this has been ongoing for sometime", "use of copy paste exploits". I'm grumpy because the b@stard disturbed my sleep in this morning. Wasted my morning on an "emergency" call with overseas counterparts to investigate if our data centre was being targeted as we are a prime target.....only to find out now it was pretty much just a bloody hoax!
The danger with doing these sorts of stunts is that, when a real serious situation does present itself, Australians will start to second guess whether it is actually real.