Asio accuses Chinese hackers of seeking access to Australia’s criticial infrastructure

Mike Burgess points to successful infiltration in the US by units known as Salt Typhoon and Volt Typhoon working for the Chinese government'

Australia's intelligence agency has accused Chinese hackers" of seeking to gain access to critical infrastructure assets, including telecommunications networks.

In a speech to a business forum in Melbourne, the director-general of the Australian Security and Intelligence Organisation, Mike Burgess, said the nation now faced a threat of high-impact sabotage".