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Australian airport hack was “a near miss”” says government’s cybersecurity expert”

A 31-year-old Vietnamese man has been jailed for a hacking attack that compromised the computer network of Perth International Airport, and reportedly resulted in the theft of building plans and sensitive security protocols. The hacker simply used the login credentials of a third-party contractor to gain unauthorised access to what should have been a well-secured network. Alistair MacGibbon, cybersecurity advisor to Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, described the attack as a near miss”]

Source: https://www.bitdefender.com/blog/hotforsecurity/australian-airport-hack-was-a-near-miss-says-governments-cybersecurity-expert/

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