National Cyber Security Coordinator’s Post

Yesterday afternoon I was advised by a commercial health information organisation that it was the victim of a large-scale ransomware data breach incident. I am working with agencies across the Australian Government, states and territories to coordinate a whole-of-government response to this incident. The Australian Signals Directorate Australian Cyber Security Centre is aware of the incident and the Australian Federal Police is investigating. We are in the very preliminary stages of our response and there is limited detail to share at this stage, but I will continue to provide updates as we progress while working closely with the affected commercial organisation to address the impacts caused by the incident.

Yesterday afternoon I was advised by a commercial health information organisation that it was the victim of a large-scale ransomware data breach incident. I am working with agencies across the Australian Government, states and territories to coordinate a whole-of-government response to this incident. The Australian Signals Directorate Australian Cyber Security Centre is aware of the incident and the Australian Federal Police is investigating. We are in the very preliminary stages of our response and there is limited detail to share at this stage, but I will continue to provide updates as we progress while working closely with the affected commercial organisation to address the impacts caused by the incident.

Yesterday afternoon I was advised by a commercial health information organisation that it was the victim of a large-scale ransomware data breach incident. I am working with agencies across the Australian Government, states and territories to coordinate a whole-of-government response to this incident. The Australian Signals Directorate Australian Cyber Security Centre is aware of the incident and the Australian Federal Police is investigating. We are in the very preliminary stages of our response and there is limited detail to share at this stage, but I will continue to provide updates as we progress while working closely with the affected commercial organisation to address the impacts caused by the incident.

Yesterday afternoon I was advised by a commercial health information organisation that it was the victim of a large-scale ransomware data breach incident. I am working with agencies across the Australian Government, states and territories to coordinate a whole-of-government response to this incident. The Australian Signals Directorate Australian Cyber Security Centre is aware of the incident and the Australian Federal Police is investigating. We are in the very preliminary stages of our response and there is limited detail to share at this stage, but I will continue to provide updates as we progress while working closely with the affected commercial organisation to address the impacts caused by the incident.

Yesterday afternoon I was advised by a commercial health information organisation that it was the victim of a large-scale ransomware data breach incident. I am working with agencies across the Australian Government, states and territories to coordinate a whole-of-government response to this incident. The Australian Signals Directorate Australian Cyber Security Centre is aware of the incident and the Australian Federal Police is investigating. We are in the very preliminary stages of our response and there is limited detail to share at this stage, but I will continue to provide updates as we progress while working closely with the affected commercial organisation to address the impacts caused by the incident.

Yesterday afternoon I was advised by a commercial health information organisation that it was the victim of a large-scale ransomware data breach incident. I am working with agencies across the Australian Government, states and territories to coordinate a whole-of-government response to this incident. The Australian Signals Directorate Australian Cyber Security Centre is aware of the incident and the Australian Federal Police is investigating. We are in the very preliminary stages of our response and there is limited detail to share at this stage, but I will continue to provide updates as we progress while working closely with the affected commercial organisation to address the impacts caused by the incident.

IT OUTAGE: WARNINGS MOUNT THAT CRIMINALS SEEKING TO EXPLOIT CHAOS NEXT WEEK Cyber-security experts are warning of a second wave of disruption and harm that has started to come from cyber criminals hoping to capitalise on the chaos. This morning Australian Signals Directorate (ASD), the equivalent of the UK's GCHQ or the US National Security Agency (NSA), issued an alert about hackers sending out bogus software fixes claiming to be CrowdStrike. "Alert! We understand a number of malicious websites and unofficial code are being released claiming to help entities recover" the notice reads. The agency is urging IT responders to only use CrowdStrike's website to source information and help. The ASD warning follows calls from the UK's National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) yesterday for people to be hyper vigilant of suspicious emails or calls that pretend to be CrowdStrike or Microsoft help. "An increase in phishing referencing this outage has already been observed, as opportunistic malicious actors seek to take advantage of the situation," the agency said. #kentbusiness #smes #kentinvictachamber #smallbusinessowners #itsecurity #smallbusinessbritain #chamberofcommerce #westkent #paulbrooks #chamberconnections #martinwhite #fsb