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After a breach on an external provider, a dataset comprising up to 40,000 records from the communications platform ForceNet may be affected.
A ransomware incident may have compromised data connected to private communications between current and past Australian defence force members, putting up to 40,000 records at risk.
Defence stated Monday that an attack on an external ICT service provider may have compromised a dataset from ForceNet, a communications network.
The collection was from 2018, and it includes 30,000 to 40,000 records, according to Matt Keogh, the minister for veterans’ affairs and defence personnel.
Defence, according to Keogh, is convinced that cybercriminals accessed no personal data. However, they are still attempting to determine which current and past employees, including public servants employed by the department, may have been affected.
He likened ForceNet to an internal social media platform. “We’re working with that external provider to ensure we’ve got a full picture of what sort of data was available,” Keogh stated.
“We understand it may have been about 30 to 40,000 records that they held, so we’re not saying that that’s what’s out there, but that’s what the external provider held.”
“But we’re working now to get a full picture of who those individuals might have been.”
ForceNet “facilitates auditable communication and information sharing, one to one and one to many, including targeted messaging and support in emergency circumstances and to specific personnel,” according to its website.
It was built for defence and approved by the chief information officer group. It can be used by defence members, sponsored family members, and other authorised users.
A defence spokeswoman stated that they were aware of the attack lately but did not specify when it occurred or how soon after they were notified. The identity of the external provider targeted by the attack has not been revealed.
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