A ransomware attack may have resulted in data related to private communications between current and former Australian defence force members being compromised, with as many as 40,000 records at risk.
Defence confirmed on Monday that a dataset from ForceNet, a communications platform, may have been compromised after an attack on an external ICT service provider.
The dataset was from 2018, and, according to the minister for veterans’ affairs and defence personnel, Matt Keogh, it contained 30,000 to 40,000 records.
Keogh said defence remained confident no personal data had been accessed but were still working to confirm which current and former staff, including public servants employed by the department, could be affected.
