Extent of Victoria’s Court Cyber Attack Deepens: Hackers Breach Recordings Since 2016

Published on January 19, 2024

A cyber attack on Victoria’s Court System is feared to be worse than originally thought after it was revealed that recordings dating back as far as 2016 had been breached. This comes after Court Services Victoria (CSV) was alerted to a cyber attack on Dec. 21, 2023, initially believing the hacking only affected hearings from the Supreme, County, Magistrates, and Coroners courts from Nov. 1. In a Jan. 18 statement, the Chief Executive of CSV, Louise Anderson, disclosed that “it was possible” that some hearings before Nov. 1 could have been accessed. “The investigation remains ongoing, but CSV can confirm the recordings of some hearings in the Supreme Court, County Court, and Coroners Court on the audio-visual system were prior to 1 November 2023,” Ms. Anderson said....

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