Scott Morrison sends China a signal on cyber attack – but then fear turns into farce

The PM’s reluctance to be drawn on details is understandable but the curious way he presented the threat invited questions

It was a moment of farce just hours after a sombre-sounding Australian prime minister delivered the grim news that a wide range of the nation’s public and private sector organisations “are currently being targeted by a sophisticated state-based cyber actor”.

What, journalists wanted to know, did Scott Morrison mean by “currently” experiencing these attacks?

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