HWL Ebsworth hack affects Australian government agencies
Australian government agencies were affected by the hack of law firm HWL Ebsworth. The affected agencies included the Reserve Bank of Australia, the Australian Federal Police and Australia Post, and a full list of affected government agencies was released.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- HWL Ebsworth
- Incident type
- Hacking & intrusion
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Government agencies affected, including the Reserve Bank of Australia, the Australian Federal Police and Australia Post
- Cause / method
- Not confirmed
- Location
- Australia
Timeline
- A full list of government agencies affected by the HWL Ebsworth hack was released, including the Reserve Bank of Australia, the Australian Federal Police and Australia Post.
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