80,000 South Australian Govt Workers Hit by Ransomware Attack

A person types on a computer keyboard in Berlin, Germany, on Jan. 25, 2021. Sean Gallup/Getty Images

Up to 80,000 South Australian (SA) government workers, including potentially the Premier, may have had their personal details stolen after a major ransomware cyber attack aimed at the government’s payroll system.

South Australian Treasurer Rob Lucas on Friday afternoon confirmed he was informed by Frontier Software on Wednesday evening that it was the victim of a ransomware attack, and that “significant personal information of SA government employees” had been exfiltrated.