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This country was hit by cyber attack, stole government and private sector information

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Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Thursday that Australia has been the victim of a major cyber attack.  In this attack, the websites and data of many government and private companies of Australia have been targeted.  Now the Australian Government and intelligence agencies have started investigating it. According to news agency AP, there was a cyber attack in Australia on Thursday, in the initial investigation, a foreign agency is being blamed for this.  Prime Minister Scott Morrison has cautioned the people of this country and said that they should be cautious while doing anything digitally. At the press conference, the Australian PM said that all major sectors including government, private, political, economic, education and health of the country have been cyber-attacked.  It was being tried for the last few months, but it has increased considerably in the last few days. Australia's Ministry of Defense and the Ministry of Home Affairs have n...