At least 40 Australian government agencies that hold sensitive information are feared to have become victims of the Russian cybercriminal group AlphV.
Departments such as Home Affairs, the Australian Taxation Office, Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC), the Defence Department, and the Australian Federal Police have been impacted by the database hacking of HWL Ebsworth—an Australian commercial law firm that has tens of millions of dollars worth of government contracts.
