Australia is currently the target of a 'sophisticated' cyber attack - and an unnamed foreign government is behind it.

Scott Morrison, the country's prime minister, says the attacks have targeted all levels of the government - as well as political organisations, essential service providers and operators of other critical infrastructure.

'We know it is a sophisticated state-based cyber actor because of the scale and nature of the targeting,' he said at a news conference.

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