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More than 900 products made by Hikvision and Dahua discovered at 250 federal premises

An audit of Commonwealth offices uncovers more than 900 units of surveillance equipment that have been built by companies linked to the Chinese government and are banned in the US and UK.

There are fears some individuals are helping wage a propaganda war for the Kremlin and sowing division among local Russian speakers, prompting the Labor government to make its strongest comments since taking office on Russia's presence in Australia.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says authorities know who is behind the Medibank cyber attack, with authorities to share specific detail later on Friday.

Last month the ABC reported that the Department of Public Security in the Chinese city of Wenzhou had set up an official "contact point" for Chinese police in Sydney in 2018, but the AFP has told a Senate estimates hearing it does not believe that the office is currently active.

As James Paterson took a hard line on cyber security, he had not noticed the spammers selling viagra under his photo.

The federal government says Optus has not yet provided government agencies with critical information about customers who had their Medicare or Centrelink details exposed.

The federal government is calling on Optus to work with it in protecting Australians caught up in a massive data breach.

Sources say Labor is considering options including a parliamentary review or inquiry into massive cyber-attack