Australia joins US and UK in blaming Russian-backed hackers for cyber-attacks

No indication that Australian information was compromised in 'malicious' August offensive

Australia has joined the US and UK in publicly blaming Russia for a "malicious" global cyber-attack last year. The attack appeared to be an attempt at espionage, stealing intellectual property and laying the foundation for a future attack on infrastructure.

Australia joined a coordinated announcement sheeting the blame home to Russian state-sponsored actors. The US and the UK held rare coordinated conference calls on Monday to reveal their findings on the malicious activity identified in August 2017.