ANU says blaming China for massive data breach is speculative and 'harmful'

Media reports blaming China for a massive data breach at the Australian National University revealed in June 2019 are speculative and “harmful” because the university has been unable to establish the motivation and attribution for the attack, its chief has said.

The ANU vice-chancellor, Brian Schmidt, made the comments to Guardian Australia on Wednesday, ahead of the release of an extensive incident report.

Schmidt said the amount of personal student and staff data taken was only about one-3,000th of the 19 years’ worth the university originally feared, but it was still “frustratingly” no closer to understanding the motivations of the actor.

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/oct/02/anu-says-blaming-china-for-massive-data-breach-is-speculative-and-harmful

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