Chinese embassy confronts Australian cyber ambassador who accused Beijing of cyber attacks

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A Chinese embassy official has confronted Australia's new cyber ambassador after he told a gathering of diplomats in Canberra that Beijing was responsible for a series of devastating online attacks against this country. Details of the latest diplomatic spat with Australia's largest trading partner have emerged a fortnight after China's ambassador lashed out at the Albanese government's public comments welcoming Taiwan's recent presidential elections. The ABC can now reveal that during a November briefing for foreign embassies to outline the Albanese government's new Cyber Security Strategy, senior official Brendan Dowling was quizzed by a European diplomat about which nations were...