Telegram post says group would target department after Australia announced it would send Slinger anti-drone technology to Ukraine
The Department of Home Affairs, which is responsible for Australia’s cyber security, national security and immigration, was affected by distributed denial-of-service attack on Thursday night.The Department of Home Affairs, which is responsible for Australia’s cyber security, national security and immigration, was affected by distributed denial-of-service attack on Thursday night.
Sign up for Guardian Australia’s free morning and afternoon email newsletters for your daily news roundup The Home Affairs website was taken down for around five hours – mostly while Australia was sleeping – between 10am and just after 3am AEDT. A spokesperson for the department said the outage had been “brief” overnight, and no data was accessed by the threat actor.
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