Theage.Au ASIO Warns of Chinese Cyber Threat to Australian Infrastructure
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Mike Burgess, the Director-General of ASIO, has warned that Chinese government hackers pose a significant threat to Australia's critical infrastructure, including airports and telecommunications. He highlighted recent telecom outages that have had severe consequences, including contributing to three deaths, emphasizing the potential for high-impact sabotage by authoritarian regimes.
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