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ified plans for Australia's 7 billion
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dollar infantry fighting vehicles have
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been exposed in an apparent cyber
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attack. National national security
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editor Tim Lester joins us now with the
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details live from CRA. Tim, good
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afternoon. This cyber attack wasn't
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aimed at Australian interests, but our
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military could certainly be harmed by
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Yes, TS. This attack was in fact a
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largecale hacking of Israeli defense
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companies. You wouldn't think ordinarily
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that would trouble Australian defense
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circles, but it does in this case
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because those Israeli companies held
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among other things the plans for the
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Redback and next uh infantry fighting
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vehicle. The uh hacking group is known
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as Cyber Tufan and it's posted 3D
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renderings and technical data on the
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redback after it gained access to a
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total of 17 Israeli defense sites. Cyber
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Tufan is believed to have state backing
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from Iran, although it doesn't concede
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as much. It therefore targets Israel.
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And one of the companies breached in the
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attack is the Israeli military company
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uh that produces advanced weapons
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turrets and their plan for use on the
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redback. So we presume that's the link
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that has led to this leak. 7 News has
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requested information from the
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Australian Defense Force on just how
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damaging this attack is. It is yet to
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Tim Lester, thank you.
