Muswellbrook Shire Council has completed an investigation into a cyber incident which occurred late last year.
The incident involved an unauthorised third-party accessing data on a portion of Council’s IT environment and disclosing it online.
We worked as a priority to determine exactly what this dataset contained as part of a detailed and comprehensive review.
From our investigations and review of the data, we can confirm that the majority of data related to internal Council operations and procedures, as well as some customer and staff information.
We are currently in the process of notifying affected individuals. If you do not receive a notification from Council, then there is nothing you need to do regarding this incident.
Council takes cybersecurity extremely seriously and has notified the Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC), the NSW Information and Privacy Commissioner (NSW IPC) and the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) about this incident.
We understand this news may cause concern and we want to thank our staff, residents and other stakeholders for their ongoing support as we work to resolve this as swiftly as possible.
Frequently asked questions will be made available at: muswellbrook.nsw.gov.au. However, if you have a specific incident enquiry, you can contact our dedicated response team at en*****@******************ov.au
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