Australian firms fear Beijing’s cyber tentacles

Source: Rowan Callick, The Australian.

AUSTRALIAN corporations are increasingly being targeted by cyber attacks from unknown parties in China, and as yet there is no effective defence.

The attacks come as cyber warfare intensifies globally, and as the Australia-China relationship stabilises after a turbulent 2009, including debate about Chinese investment, the arrest of Rio Tinto executive Stern Hu and the visit of Uighur leader Rebiya Kadeer. On Friday, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd will deliver an address at the Australian National University on the subject of “Australia and China in the world”.