Government Issued Warning: Large Scale Cyber Campaign Targeting Australian Public And Private Sector

It has been announced that the Australian Government is responding to a sustained targeting of the Australian public and private sector by a sophisticated state-based actor. The Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) has issued a warning to Australian organisations, to both be aware of this threat and take immediate steps to enhance the resilience of their networks.

We set out below a summary of the notice and what organisations need to do in response to this government issued public warning. Given the highly public nature of this warning (coming from the Prime Minister's Office and Minister for Defence) we recommend that all organisations pass this warning to their IT team or managed service provider for actioning.