Dylan Caporn reports:
Labor has admitted it suffered Australia’s largest-ever government data breach, with key intelligence, defence and economic departments falling victim after millions of files were stolen from Australia’s largest commercial law firm.
After months of questioning, officials finally revealed late last year that 62 government departments including Australia Post, the Departments of Prime Minister and Cabinet, Treasury, Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Home Affairs, and the Tax Office, were all affected by the cyber attack on HWL Ebsworth.
In April 2023, the BlackCat/ALPHV ransomware gang stole more than 2.5 million documents from the firm, later posting one million of them on the dark web.
Read more at The West Australian.