"Private Conversations Between ADF Members at Risk Due to Cyberattack on Australian Defense Contractor"
A ransomware attack may have exposed up to 40,000 records of private communications between current and former Australian defense force members. Data from a communications network called ForceNet may have been stolen as a result of an attack on an outside Information and Communications Technology (ICT) service provider. According to Matt Keogh, minister for veterans' affairs and defense personnel, the stolen data set was from 2018 and contained 30,000 to 40,000 records. The defense remains confident that no personal information was obtained. However, they are still trying to figure out which current and former employees, including public servants, may have been affected. The recent cyberattacks in Australia, particularly those that have targeted Optus and Medibank, are concerning. The cyberattacks call on people to carefully guard their personal information and emphasize that governments must ensure that businesses take adequate security precautions. This article continues to discuss the ransomware attack on an Australian defense contractor that may have led to the exposure of up to 40,000 records of private communications between present and previous Australian defense force members.