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14 Apr 2026 · NSW · Government & Public Sector
Data Breach CRITICAL ✓ Verified

What happened

Sophisticated insider threat window active between 14–19 Apr 2026. NSW Treasury employee arrested by NSW Police on 20 Apr 2026. Over 5,600 confidential commercial, policy, and financial state documents were exfiltrated to an unauthorized external server. Strike Force Civic established; all data reported recovered.

Incident details

Organisation
NSW Government
Date
14 Apr 2026
Attack type
Data Breach
Severity
CRITICAL
Sector
Government & Public Sector
State
NSW
Records affected
5,600+ documents
Threat actor
Inside Threat

Source

cyberdaily.au ↗
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