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Public Sector Informant: Agencies not immune to cyber attacks

By Clive Williams
June 1 2021 - 12:00am
Cyber security agencies have reported an increase in the number of ransomware incidents affecting Australian organisations. Picture: Shutterstock
Cyber security agencies have reported an increase in the number of ransomware incidents affecting Australian organisations. Picture: Shutterstock

Most people in the public sector will have heard of ransomware and know about the May 2021 ransomware attack on the American Colonial Pipeline Company, but few would know much about the cyber criminal hacking group DarkSide that the FBI says was responsible for the Colonial Pipeline attack.

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