Australian Prime Minister's Computers Hacked

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By Kim Zetter March 29, 2011 | 4:17 pm

Computers belonging to the Australian prime minister and at least nine other federal ministers were recently hacked, according to a news report.

Besides Prime Minister Julia Gillard, Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd and Defense Minister Stephen Smith were also targeted.

Several thousand e-mails were accessed by the intruders beginning in February, before Australian authorities were tipped off to the breach by U.S. intelligence officials at the CIA and FBI, according to the Daily Telegraph.

The attack reportedly targeted the e-mail system for Australia’s Parliament House, which is used for nonsensitive communications among parliament members. Ministers use a more secure departmental network for more sensitive communications, according to the paper.

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http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2011/03/australian-pm-hacked/

[Ozymanithrax]

1. So was it a Rupert Murdoch minnion?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x7637

Yes, I know it points at China, but who knows who is really behind it.

[suffragette]

2. Hmmm. What put the CIA & FBI in a position to discover this?

[elias49]

3. My first question as well. Food for thought.

[suffragette]

4. Indeed

Were they invited or snooping around themselves?