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Calls for Senate probe into cyber security

Nick Xenophon is calling for an urgent Senate inquiry into cyber security after a reported system breach at the Bureau of Meteorology.

Independent Senator Nick Xenophon
Independent senator Nick Xenophon is calling for an urgent Senate inquiry into cyber security. (AAP)

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Independent senator Nick Xenophon is pushing for an urgent inquiry into cyber security following a reported breach at the Bureau of Meteorology.

He will ask the Senate on Thursday to look into the adequacy of security for government and citizen data held or transmitted by governments, commercial entities and other organisations or people.

It follows an ABC report on Wednesday that claimed the BoM had its sensitive systems compromised by a major cyber attack being blamed on China.


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