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Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC)

25 Jan 2021 · National · Government & Public Sector

Supply Chain Attack HIGH ✓ Verified

What happened

The corporate regulator confirmed that its infrastructure was penetrated via the global Accellion FTA software vulnerability. Attackers targeted a server containing recent corporate license applications, draft submissions, and corporate registry attachments.

Incident details

Organisation

Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC)

Date

25 Jan 2021

Attack type

Supply Chain Attack

Severity

HIGH

Sector

Government & Public Sector

State

National

Records affected

Unknown

Threat actor

CL0P

Source

7news.com.au ↗

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