China denies it is behind 'major' cyber attacks announced by PM – as it happened
by Naaman Zhou (now) and Amy Remeikis (earlier) from on (#54RP4)
A spokesperson blamed the Australian Strategic Policy Institute thinktank for fabricating the claim. This blog is now closed
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9.43am BST
A quick additional post: the Chinese government has just denied that they are behind multiple hacking attempts against Australia.
The ABC have just reported that a spokesman for the Chinese foreign ministry blamed the Australian Strategic Policy Institute, a thinktank, for fabricating the claim.
9.31am BST
With that we will be closing the blog for today. Thanks for reading and stay safe. We'll be back tomorrow with the latest developments.
Here's what happened today:
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