{"id":90605,"date":"1999-12-31T00:55:00","date_gmt":"1999-12-30T13:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/smartoffice.com.au\/china-blamed-for-bom-hack\/"},"modified":"1999-12-31T00:55:00","modified_gmt":"1999-12-30T13:55:00","slug":"china-blamed-for-bom-hack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/1999\/12\/31\/china-blamed-for-bom-hack\/","title":{"rendered":"China Blamed For BoM Hack"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>China is being blamed for a major cyber attack on the computers at the Bureau of Meteorology, which has compromised sensitive systems across the Federal Government, according to an ABC report.<\/p>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\">Multiple official sources are said to have confirmed the recent attack and say it will cost millions of dollars to plug the security breach, as other agencies have also been affected.<\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\"><br \/><\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\">The bureau owns one of Australia&#8217;s largest supercomputers and provides critical information to a host of agencies. 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