"Australian Court Service Hacked, Hearing Recordings at Risk"

According to the Court Services Victoria (CSV), court cases and tribunals in Australia have recently been impacted by a cybersecurity incident, with attackers potentially accessing recordings of hearings.  The CSV revealed the incident in a statement on January 2, 2024.  This public notice came some 12 days after the CSV was first alerted to the cyber incident on December 21, 2023.  The CSV said it took time to establish which recordings and transcripts were affected.  The CSV noted that the incident resulted in unauthorized access to CSV systems, leading to the audiovisual in-court technology network being disrupted, including video recordings, audio recordings, and transcription services.  Recordings of some hearings between November 1 and December 21, 2023, may have been accessed in the cyberattack.  These include cases heard in the Supreme Court of Victoria, the highest court in the state.  It is also possible some hearings before November 1 that were stored on the network were accessed.

Infosecurity reports: "Australian Court Service Hacked, Hearing Recordings at Risk"