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Lauren Semaan | Freedom of Information
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Governance Division | Department of Defence

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Good afternoon Mr Parsons

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-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Parsons <[FOI #7218 email]>
Sent: Tuesday, 13 April 2021 10:04 PM
To: FOI requests at Defence <[Defence request email]>
Subject: 20210413 22:03 - Email - Michael Parsons/FOI requests at Defence
- Freedom of Information request - Cyber attacks

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Dear Department of Defence,

Hi,

I wanted to obtain a listing of the known cyber attacks on government
departments over the last 12 months. I'm not after names of countries or
information that may be classified or compromise Australia public
relations.

Yours faithfully,

Michael

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