- Oct 2, 2011
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Threat actors have conducted a ransomware attack against a communications platform used by Australian military personnel and defense staff.
Named ForceNet, the company is one of the defense department's external service providers employed to run one of its websites.
At the time of writing, it would appear that no data has been compromised, according to Assistant Minister For Defence Matt Thistlethwaite, who spoke with ABC Radio earlier today, as reported by Reuters.
Still, some private information like dates of birth and enlistment details of military personnel may have been stolen, reported the Australian Broadcasting Corp, citing an unnamed source with knowledge of the matter.
ForceNet has become the latest company hacked in Australia, following some of the biggest firms in the country suffering data breaches over the last couple of months.
These include telecoms giant Optus, owned by Singapore Telecommunications, and the country's largest health insurer, Medibank.
"Another week, another breach. It seems like things are going from bad to worse down under," Julia O'Toole, CEO of MyCena Security Solutions, told Infosecurity, commenting on the news.
Named ForceNet, the company is one of the defense department's external service providers employed to run one of its websites.
At the time of writing, it would appear that no data has been compromised, according to Assistant Minister For Defence Matt Thistlethwaite, who spoke with ABC Radio earlier today, as reported by Reuters.
Still, some private information like dates of birth and enlistment details of military personnel may have been stolen, reported the Australian Broadcasting Corp, citing an unnamed source with knowledge of the matter.
ForceNet has become the latest company hacked in Australia, following some of the biggest firms in the country suffering data breaches over the last couple of months.
These include telecoms giant Optus, owned by Singapore Telecommunications, and the country's largest health insurer, Medibank.
"Another week, another breach. It seems like things are going from bad to worse down under," Julia O'Toole, CEO of MyCena Security Solutions, told Infosecurity, commenting on the news.
