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Courts / Queensland

Queensland government department loses $800k in cyber attack

ABC News
Summary

Cyber SecurityCyber CrimeGovernment and Politics

The Customer Services, Open Data, and Small and Family Business department lost $809,000 in public money due to an external cyber attack for financial gain.

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