Australia’s Parliamentary IT System Hacked Earlier This Year: Report

Australia’s Parliamentary IT System Hacked Earlier This Year: Report
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SYDNEY—The computer network of Australia’s parliament was hacked earlier this year and data was stolen from the computers of several elected officials, the Australian Broadcasting Corp reported.

Security agencies discovered the attack on Jan. 31 this year and monitored it for a week before shutting down the network, Senate President Scott Ryan told a parliamentary committee, according to the ABC.