Australian parties hacked by state actors

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison says the country’s major political parties and parliament were hit by a malicious intrusion on their computer networks.

Australian cyber security centre said that although party systems had been compromised, it was not yet known if information had been stolen.

Mr Morrison said during the course of this work, it was known that the networks of some political parties – liberal, labor and nationals have been affected.

The Australian government has faced number of cyber attacks in recent years, some of which have been attributed in local media to nations.