Hackers hit Australian state’s courtroom recording database

Sydney: Hackers accessed the courtroom recordings database in Australia’s Victoria state and disrupted the audio-visual in-court know-how community, impacting recordings and transcription providers, an official stated on Tuesday.

Recordings of some courtroom hearings between November 1 and December 21, 2023 might have been stolen, Court docket Providers Victoria CEO Louise Anderson stated in an announcement. Some hearings earlier than November 1 may have been affected, she stated.

“The potential entry is confined to recordings saved on the community. No different courtroom methods or data, together with worker or monetary knowledge, had been accessed,” Anderson stated.

Hearings in January would proceed after the affected community was remoted and disabled, and courtroom officers had been working intently with the federal government’s cyber safety consultants. Court docket Providers Victoria didn’t reveal whether or not it obtained any ransomware calls for.