Assistant Minister for Defence cautions Australians for safe Microsoft Exchange use

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15 April 2021

By: Liam Garman

Assistant Minister for Defence cautions Australians for safe Microsoft Exchange use

The Assistant Minister for Defence cautioned Australians urging them to install the new Microsoft Exchange patch.

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Assistant Minister for Defence Andrew Hastie has cautioned Australian businesses and entities, urging them to follow new guidelines released by the Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) to install new patches for the Microsoft Exchange platform.

Assistant Minister Hastie addressed the importance of updating the platform with new security measures to mitigate the susceptibilities of the service.

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“Patches previously released by Microsoft in March 2021 do not remediate these new vulnerabilities, and organisations must urgently apply new updates to prevent potential compromise,” he outlined.

“This is a critically important task for Australian businesses and organisations.

“The ACSC has identified extensive targeting and compromises of Australian organisations with vulnerable Microsoft Exchange deployments.

“People should visit the new alert, available at cyber.gov.au, to identify the steps outlined by the ACSC and access the Microsoft guidance.”

Liam Garman

Editor – Defence and Security, Momentum Media

Liam began his career as a speech writer at New South Wales Parliament before working for world leading campaigns and research agencies in Sydney and Auckland. Throughout his career, Liam has managed and executed international media and communications campaigns spanning politics, business, industrial relations and infrastructure. He’s since shifted his attention to researching and writing extensively on geopolitics and defence. He holds a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Sydney and a Masters in Strategy and Security with Excellence from UNSW Canberra, with a thesis on post-truth, postmodernism and disinformation operations.

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