Australia's Court Services Victoria (CSV) is warning that video recordings of court hearings were exposed after suffering a reported Qilin ransomware attack.
CSV is an independent statutory authority that provides services to Victoria's court systems, including case management systems and administrative solutions.
In a statement published today on its website, CSV says it detected a cyberattack on December 21, 2023, that allowed hackers to disrupt operations and access its audio-visual archive containing sensitive hearing recordings.
The impacted system was immediately isolated and disabled, but the ensuing investigation revealed that the breach occurred at an earlier date, December 8th, 2023, with the exposed recordings going as far back as November 1, 2023.
"The cyber incident led to unauthorised access leading to the disruption of the audio visual in-court technology network, impacting video recordings, audio recordings and transcription services,"
reads the CSV statement.
"Recordings of some hearings in courts between 1 November and 21 December 2023 may have been accessed. It is possible some hearings before 1 November are also affected."
