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The Department of Communities

12 Feb 2024 · WA · Government & Public Sector
Data Breach CRITICAL ✓ Verified

What happened

Internal whistleblower disclosures revealed systemic identity access management (IAM) failures within the WA Department of Communities. The agency failed to revoke active corporate credit card access and procurement tokens for numerous terminated ex-employees over multi-year periods.

Incident details

Organisation
The Department of Communities
Date
12 Feb 2024
Attack type
Data Breach
Severity
CRITICAL
Sector
Government & Public Sector
State
WA
Records affected
Unknown
Threat actor
Unknown

Source

thewest.com.au ↗
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