Australia’s newly appointed national cybersecurity coordinator, Air Vice-Marshal (AVM) Darren Goldie, has confirmed that Australian government entities embroiled in the HWL Ebsworth cyberattack have had their “sensitive personal and government information” stolen by Russian cybercriminals.
This comes as over 40 Australian government agencies are feared to have been impacted by the database hacking, including Australia’s four major banks.
AVM. Goldie said that he is working with the law firm EWL Ebsworth to understand the full extent of the data breach.
“I am actively engaging with HWL Ebsworth to understand the complete picture of this incident, including how their private industry clients have been impacted, as the data analysis continues,” AVM. Goldie said in a statement on July 5….