Chinese state sponsored hackers behind cyber attack on parliament, Australia intelligence agency concluded

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Australian intelligence believes Chinese state-sponsored hackers were behind cyber attack on parliament - but government decided to cover it up

Hackers backed by China's Ministry of State Security were behind a cyber attack on Australia's national parliament earlier this year, the country's cyber intelligence agency believes - but the gove...

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