Ben Knight and Harrison Tippet report:
Victoria’s court system has been hit by a ransomware attack, which independent experts believe was orchestrated by Russian hackers.
A spokesperson for Court Services Victoria (CSV) said hackers accessed an area of the court system’s audio-visual archive. That would mean recordings of hearings including witness testimony from highly sensitive cases may have been accessed or stolen.
CSV is now trying to notify people whose court appearances have been accessed by hackers, and will today set up a contact centre for people who believe they may have been affected.
Read more at ABC (AU).