Article: New South Wales government was the target of major cyber attack operation linked to China

Also: 'Cyber attacks' point to China's spy agency, Ministry of State Security, as Huawei payback, say former Australian officials

This is a follow-up to these articles posted yesterday:

• Prime Minister Scott Morrison says Australian organisations, including governments and businesses, are currently being targeted by a sophisticated foreign "state-based" hacker

• Cyber-attack Australia: sophisticated attacks from ‘state-based actor’, PM says

News article: Fires misinformation being spread through social media

This includes a prominent local billionaire, Andrew Forrest, who has pledged $70 million for bushfire relief: "I think there's a multitude of reasons why the fire extent has bene so devastating. I think a warming planet would be part of that — [but] the biggest part of that is arsonists," he said.

• New Zealand ISPs are blocking sites that do not remove Christchurch shooting video

• New Zealand Mobile Carriers Block 8chan, 4chan, and LiveLeak

• And, in Australia: Telco giants block websites sharing footage of Christchurch attacks

• The block on some sites seems to have been lifted in Australia: Telcos block access to 4chan, other sites