{"id":5820,"date":"2022-01-24T05:10:06","date_gmt":"2022-01-24T05:10:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mailinvest.blog\/index.php\/2022\/01\/24\/australian-pms-wechat-account-hacked-the-register\/"},"modified":"2022-01-24T05:10:06","modified_gmt":"2022-01-24T05:10:06","slug":"australian-pms-wechat-account-hacked-the-register","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mailinvest.blog\/index.php\/2022\/01\/24\/australian-pms-wechat-account-hacked-the-register\/","title":{"rendered":"Australian PM’s WeChat account hacked \u2022 The Register"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s WeChat account has been taken over by entities that have rebranded it “Australian Chinese new life” and used the account to offer advice on living in Australia for the nation’s Chinese community.<\/p>\n

Morrison, leader of the right-of-centre Liberal Party of Australia, has used Tencent-owned WeChat as a campaigning tool to reach Australia’s sizable Chinese community \u2013 many of whom are concentrated in particular seats and are therefore considered a sought-after voting bloc.<\/p>\n

Other members of the government have concluded the takeover of the account must be the work of Chinese authorities. Evidence for that claim, other than Beijing’s ability to boss Chinese companies, has not been provided.<\/p>\n

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