Tuesday 29 March 2011

Oz parliamentary network breached • The Register

"In a security breach that presumably now has Chinese spies trawling through the kind of letters MPs do their best to deflect or ignore, the Australian Parliament House network has been invaded."

Prime Minister Julia Gillard's office passwords pose security risk as ASIO investigates | The Australian

"The Australian Security Intelligence Organisation is said to have begun an investigation."

Heiler Software Opens Australian Doors with $1M Macquarie Telecom Signing

"Macquarie Telecom was selected in the tender based on the strength of its offering and support structure; which will enable business expansion in Australia. Central to the agreement was Macquarie Telecom's breadth of Australian and International certifications for hosting high availability mission critical government systems and applications, including ASIO T4 and ISO 27001; a stringent requirement for Government hosting."

Mining projects likely targets of hacking of ministers' emails, say experts | The Australian

"SECURITY experts believe Chinese hackers may have been looking for clues on government attitudes to major resource projects in a major security breach of senior government ministers' emails."

Chinese Spies Suspected Of Hacking PM’s Emails | Gizmodo Australia

"Misses the point – at that level passwords are not the answer."

Our spies take on the cyber guerillas | thetelegraph.com.au

"THE motto of the Defence Signals Directorate, Australia's key military intelligence agency, is bold: 'Reveal their secrets, protect our own.'"

China spies suspected of hacking Julia Gillard's emails | News.com.au



"An investigation is now believed to be under way by ASIO after Australian intelligence agencies were tipped off to the cyber-spy raid by US intelligence officials within the Central Intelligence Agency and the Federal Bureau of Investigation."