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Hackers target RBA

Hackers penetrated six staff computers at the Reserve Bank of Australia using a highly targeted and plausible email phishing trick in 2011. The RBA said no information was stolen at the time but declined to comment on where the attack originated or what information was sought. bit.ly/ZxEvGJ
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Hackers penetrated six staff computers at the Reserve Bank of Australia using a highly targeted and plausible email phishing trick in 2011. The RBA said no information was stolen at the time but declined to comment on where the attack originated or what information was sought. bit.ly/ZxEvGJ

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