Australia had been hit by a series of ongoing and sophisticated cyber-attacks which targeted all levels of government.
The government, the industrial sector, political groups, schools, healthcare organizations, essential service providers, and operators of other critical infrastructure had all come under attack.
The nature of the attacks targeting public-facing infrastructure and essential services was to disrupt the country's systems or steal government data.
Source: https://www.itgovernance.co.uk/blog/australian-government-bombarded-by-cyber-attacks
TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/australian-government
"id": "aus2494123",
"linkid": "australian-government",
"type": "Cyber Attack",
"date": "06/2020",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "5",
"explanation": "Attack threatening the organization’s existence"{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Public Sector',
'location': 'Australia',
'name': 'Australian Government',
'type': 'Government'},
{'industry': 'Various',
'location': 'Australia',
'name': 'Industrial Sector',
'type': 'Industry'},
{'industry': 'Politics',
'location': 'Australia',
'name': 'Political Groups',
'type': 'Political'},
{'industry': 'Education',
'location': 'Australia',
'name': 'Schools',
'type': 'Educational'},
{'industry': 'Healthcare',
'location': 'Australia',
'name': 'Healthcare Organizations',
'type': 'Healthcare'},
{'industry': 'Various',
'location': 'Australia',
'name': 'Essential Service Providers',
'type': 'Service Providers'},
{'industry': 'Various',
'location': 'Australia',
'name': 'Critical Infrastructure Operators',
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'description': 'Australia has been hit by a series of ongoing and '
'sophisticated cyber-attacks targeting all levels of '
'government, the industrial sector, political groups, schools, '
'healthcare organizations, essential service providers, and '
'operators of other critical infrastructure. The nature of the '
'attacks targeting public-facing infrastructure and essential '
"services was to disrupt the country's systems or steal "
'government data.',
'motivation': ['Disruption', 'Data Theft'],
'title': 'Sophisticated Cyber-Attacks on Australian Government and Critical '
'Infrastructure',
'type': 'Cyber-Attack'}