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• Australia concluded China was behind hack on parliament, political parties

  The ASD concluded in March that China’s Ministry of State Security was responsible for the attack on parliament's network, sources say

• Dutton backs ‘sensible discussion’ of expanded role for ASD

  Home Affairs minister says he doesn’t support the ASD conducting domestic spying operations

• ASD head details Australia’s ‘offensive cyber’ operations

  Australian Signals Directorate head Mike Burgess has revealed unprecedented detail about the agency’s offensive operations

• Government says ‘state actor’ hacked Australian political parties’ networks

  Networks of Liberal, National and Labor parties penetrated, prime minister says

• Rackspace added to government cloud list

  Rackspace DHE suitable for processing unclassified data, Australian Cyber Security Centre says

• Government agencies ordered to block online ads, Flash

  New cyber security guidelines for government released