Australia Accuses Foreign Government of Cyber Attack on Lawmakers

Australia Accuses Foreign Government of Cyber Attack on Lawmakers
Prime Minister of Australia Scott Morrison arrives for APEC CEO Summit 2018 at Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea on Nov. 17, 2018. Fazry Ismail/Pool via Reuters
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SYDNEY—A cyber attack on Australian lawmakers that breached the networks of major political parties was probably carried out by a foreign government, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Feb. 18, but did not name any suspects.

As Australia heads for an election due by May, lawmakers were told this month told to urgently change their passwords after the cyber intelligence agency detected an attack on the national parliament’s computer network.