Department of Defense Suspects Cyberattack
The Department of Defence is afraid that the personal information of personnel, like DoB, may have been breached after a communications platform used by the military suffered a ransomware attack.
Hackers attacked the ForceNet service, which is operated by an external information and communications technology (ICT) provider.
The organisation in the beginning told the Defense Department no data of former or current personnel was breached.
Defense says personal info not stolen
However, the Department of Defense believes that personal details like the date of enlisting and DoB may have been stolen, despite initial hints being contrary to what the external provider is saying.
In a message notification to the staff, the defence chief and secretary said the issue is being taken “very seriously.”
There has been a series of cyberattacks in recent times, from health insurance companies to telecommunications.
Cyberattacks on rise in recent time
Medibank earlier this week confirmed a criminal organization behind a cyber attack on its company had access to the data of around 4 million customers, some of these consist of health claims.
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