[LINK] Hackers claim to have breached auDA

kheitman at kheitman.com kheitman at kheitman.com
Tue Aug 22 22:00:40 AEST 2023


Updated yesterday:

"auDA has completed its investigation into the alleged cyber incident. 
It indicates there is no evidence that cyber criminals have accessed 
auDA systems or have auDA data. Read our full statement here:

https://www.auda.org.au/statement/resolution-cyber-incident "

---
----------------------------------------------------------
kheitman at kheitman.com.....................www.kheitman.com
----------------------------------------------------------

On 22/08/2023 7:47 pm, Stephen Loosley wrote:

> Hackers claim to have breached auDA
> 
> By Richard Chirgwin Aug 21 2023 6:48AM
> https://www.itnews.com.au/news/hackers-claim-to-have-breached-auda-599411
> 
> Domain administrator investigating.
> 
> Australia's internet domain administrator, auDA, is confirming the 
> details of what appears to be a data breach.
> 
> Hackers claim to have breached auDA
> 
> AuDA first stated it was alerted to an alleged breach on Friday ..
> 
> https://www.auda.org.au/statement/auda-statement
> 
> Yesterday, the organisation issued an expanded statement in which it 
> said it had alerted the Australian Cyber Security Centre, the 
> Department of Home Affairs, and the Office of the Australian 
> Information Commissioner of the alleged breach ..
> 
> https://www.auda.org.au/statement/cyber-incident-update
> 
> AuDA also said it "began work with industry experts to investigate the 
> claim", and that the "cyber criminal has provided evidence of a small 
> sample of data they say is in their possession.
> 
> It includes screenshots of a file list from a computer.
> 
> "Our investigation remains ongoing, including to verify the cyber 
> criminal's claims and the provenance of this data."
> 
> Twitter account FalconFeedsio   https://twitter.com/FalconFeedsio  said 
> it has viewed some of the data the attacker claims to have.
> 
> "They claim to have access to 15GB of [the] organisation's data which 
> includes powers of attorney & legal docs, passports, personal data, 
> medical reports, loan repayment, death certificates, customer bank 
> accounts details, etc."
> 
> Senator James Paterson 
> https://twitter.com/SenPaterson/status/1693175091197284407 said on X, 
> formerly Twitter, that "this would be a concerning breach if confirmed, 
> given auDA's important role administering domains for Australians."
> 
> Got a news tip for our journalists? Share it with us anonymously here.
> 
> Copyright (c) iTnews.com.au . All rights reserved.
> Tags: audadata breach
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Link mailing list
> Link at anu.edu.au
> https://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link


More information about the Link mailing list