Tasmanian Hit by Big Data Breach Confirmed by Minister

The Tasmanian Department of Education, Children, and Young People experienced a cyber attack where hackers targeted and breached the third-party file transfer service GoAnywhere MFT.
The breach took place last month and the state government confirmed on March 31 that its data had been accessed. Despite applying a patch to fix vulnerabilities, the government continues to use the software as part of “best practice.” 

The breach lasted for four days, during which information was transferred.
As a result, documents including invoices, bank statements, and personal information of individuals connected to the department were accessed by the ransomware group Cl0p. Investigations are ongoing, and there may be more affected documents. 

Tasmanian schools have been notified, and a hotline (1800 567 567) has been established for individuals to report any concerns about their data.

Additionally, 16,000 Tasmanian education department documents, including personal information of school children, were released on the dark web by hackers. Science and Technology Minister Madeleine Ogilvie confirmed the breach, revealing that financial statements and invoices containing names and addresses of students and parents were accessed. 

Ms. Ogilvie expressed concern for affected students and parents, urging them to report any unusual activity on their bank statements to authorities, such as the Australian C

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