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Ransomwared payroll provider leaks data on 38,000 Australian government workers

Posted on December 10, 2021 by Dissent

Simon Sharwood reports:

Personal information describing names, addresses, bank account details, and taxation IDs of 38,000 Australian government employees has been leaked to the dark web after a ransomware attack.

The treasurer of the Australian State of South Australia, Rob Lucas, today revealed the source of the leak: outsourced payroll provider Frontier Software.

Read more at The Register.


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