CANBERRA, Jan. 24 (Xinhua) -- The Australian government on Tuesday urged national and state political parties to ensure they are adequately protected from cyber attacks.
Following claims that U.S. presidential election campaigns were manipulated by hackers, Australia's Assistant Minister for Cyber Security Dan Tehan has warned federal and state political parties to keep up to date with cyber security protocols in order to protect themselves from attacks.
"We're heading into a new election cycle, we've got two state elections coming up this year," Tehan told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) on Tuesday.
"We have to make sure our political processes, our democratic processes, are protected from this type of intrusion."
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