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DATA BREACH IMPACTS 80,000 SOUTH AUSTRALIAN GOVT EMPLOYEES
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BILL TOULAS
* December 10, 2021
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The South Australian government has disclosed that the sensitive personal
information belonging to tens of thousands of its employees was compromised
following a ransomware attack that hit the system of an external payroll
software provider last month.
The number of records accessed by hackers corresponds to at least 38,000 SA
government employees, but it could be as high as 80,000 according to South
Australia's Treasurer Rob Lucas.
The breached company behind this data breach is Frontier Software, which
suffered from a ransomware attack on November 13, 2021.
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According to the company's statement on the incident, the threat didn't pivot to
client systems through their products and the data exfiltration only affected a
specific segmented environment.
"The ongoing forensic investigation and other response activities conducted by
Frontier Software and CyberCX has now confirmed evidence of some data
exfiltration from Frontier Software’s internal Australian corporate
environment," the company said.
"We have not identified evidence of compromise or exfiltration outside this
segmented environment."
The data that has been compromised according to the South Australian government
includes the following:
* First name
* Last name
* Date of birth
* Tax file number
* Home address
* Bank account details
* Employment start date
* Payroll period
* Remuneration
* Tax withheld
* Payment type (where applicable)
* Lump-sum payment type and amount (if applicable)
* Superannuation contribution
* Reportable fringe benefits tax amount (where applicable)
The only public entity that wasn't affected by the incident is the Department
for Education, which does not use Frontier products.
"The highest of the high to the lowest of the low and all of the rest of us in
between are potentially impacted, with the exception of teachers and the
Department for Education," Lucas told ABC News after disclosing the data
breach.
"Having the bank account details doesn't give you access to the bank account,
but it's the first step in trying to crack a code in terms of passwords.
"We expect the state government to take all possible steps to review its cyber
security measures in order to prevent such an event in the future."
Government employees affected by this incident are advised to treat incoming
emails, calls, and SMS with caution. Additionally, everyone should reset their
passwords and activate two-factor authentication where possible.
Affected individuals should closely monitor bank statements and account activity
and report any suspicious transactions to the authorities. Exposed people can
take advantage of a free IDCARE cyber-security support service offering,
following the instructions laid out on the incident announcement on the SA
government website.
CONTI RANSOMWARE BEHIND THE BREACH
Bleeping Computer has seen an announcement on Conti ransomware's data leak
portal dated November 16, 2021, which matches the attack details shared by
Frontier Software in their statement.
However, the listing has since been removed from the portal, which probably
means the negotiations have ended.
Frontier listing on the Conti portal
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evade prosecution even after high-profile incidents against vital national
resources such as Ireland's Department of Health.
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botnet, which could lead to a massive new wave of ransomware infections.
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* JOHNNYJAMMER - 1 DAY AGO
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Whats funny about this is that under Federal law now any business,
organization must store personal identifiable information in 2 separate
locations.
So you can have Fname and Lname in one place (DB) but you wouldn't have the
tax file number on the same server / vlan / subnet / network.
Its the Notifiable Data Breach act from memory and once again, governments
dont't abide by its own laws.
Anyone who has pen-tested a Australian Gov network, both state or fed starts
rocking in the fetal position!
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