The Australian government, most recently famous for passing laws to significantly weaken their own cryptography, just had all their major political parties hacked by a state actor.
Stephen Dziedzic @stephendziedzic
18 Feb 2019
BREAKING Australia's major political parties have been hacked by a "sophisticated state actor." Full statement by the PM to parliament:
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One obviously didn’t cause the other. But if Australia cuts itself off from the kind of technologies that actually might protect it, then they’re going to be sitting ducks for the kind of thing that’s happening now.
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Replying to @matthew_d_green
I agree, backdoors laws are a boon to state actors, both domestic and foreign. mobile.twitter.com/bilcorry/…
Bil Corry @bilcorry
8 Nov 2018
Replying to @ericgeller
The largest problem with backdoors isn’t the potential domestic abuse, it’s the high probability that it will be exploited by foreign actors, of which lawmakers are a prime target. I am a big proponent that lawmakers should be the backdoor pilot group for a year, see how it goes.

Feb 18, 2019 · 7:35 AM UTC
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