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A string of cyber attacks aimed at attaining market-sensitive information have targeted the Australian Bureau of Statistics over the past four years, The Australian Financial Review reported.
The attacks precede the release of confidential data by the ABS which influences financial market prices. In 2012, there have been at least 11 incidents over a seven-month period which comprised thousands of access attempts. In 2011, the ABS was hit twice by cyber attackers, one of which has been traced to the University of China.