More than 90,000 SA public servants had data stolen in payroll breach, Treasurer says

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South Australia's Treasurer says 13,088 current and former public servants more than previously thought had their personal information stolen in a cyber attack last year.

"The attack was perpetrated by an overseas criminal organisation on Frontier's network and this data, amongst others, was accessed," Mr Mullighan said.

"After accessing this information, the perpetrators deployed ransomware to Frontier's systems and posted some of the files to the dark web.""There is no information regarding any ransom which may have been paid or how Frontier managed engagement with the overseas cybercriminals in relation to this attack," Mr Mullighan said.

Frontier Software has been contracted by the South Australian government since 2001 as a third-party payroll firm for the majority of public servants. Treasurer Stephen Mullighan says Frontier Software has been issued with a breach notice over the security failure.The PwC review found the additional people who had their information taken included a mix of current and former employees of SA Police, the Metropolitan Fire Service and the Department for Infrastructure and Transport, plus government executives and board members.

 

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That’s why I always pay, but without roll

Maybe we can get PWC to become the government because they seem to do a lot for it.

It always goes to 💩💩 whenever Labor get into power!

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