China-based cyber attack hits Uecomm

Internet services to several Australian companies have been affected by a China-based internet attack targeting an Australian financial institution.

Optus said its customer was hit by the attack which originated in China on Wednesday
afternoon and slowed international email and web browsing services for other
costumers on the system.
"The attack caused congestion on one of Optus' international links leading to slow
internet and delayed email for some Optus corporate customers," an Optus
spokesperson said.
Optus said it resolved the issue within a couple of hours by blocking the source of
the attack.
Australian Associated Press (AAP) chief executive Bruce Davidson said the national
news wire service was one of the companies indirectly affected by the attack.
"While AAP confirms we had some problems with our internet provider yesterday,
investigations into the incident have satisfied us that this was not a direct attack
on the agency itself," he said in a statement.
"AAP's back-up and security procedures were immediately implemented and there was no
interruption to our news agency services."