‘Asleep at the Wheel’: Senator Decries Labor Over Data Leaks, Warns of Million-Dollar Losses

Published on February 24, 2024

Shadow Finance Minister Jane Hume strongly criticised Labor’s response to recent data leaks, accusing the finance minister of being “asleep at the wheel” while taxpayers faced potential million-dollar losses. The Department of Finance launched an investigation after an accidental email leak to suppliers exposed sensitive contract information and personal details of hundreds of service providers. The mistaken email, sent recently to 236 suppliers, contained a spreadsheet with confidential tender prices and personal data from up to 400 service providers, echoing a similar Department of Health breach in November last year. “Finance Minister Katy Gallagher should explain why she didn’t put more effort into resolving the damage caused by the same breaches of privacy and commercially sensitive information when it happened only three months ago, and to prevent it from happening again,” Ms. Hume said....

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