Security News > 2021 > December > Ransomwared payroll provider leaks data on 38,000 Australian government workers
Personal information describing names, addresses, bank account details, and taxation IDs of 38,000 Australian government employees has been leaked to the dark web after a ransomware attack.
Frontier had previously advised that the attack had been deflected and customer data was safe.
Customers were told that some data was encrypted, but it was nothing to worry about as "Australian customer HR & Payroll data and systems are segmented from the corporate systems and were not compromised".
On December 9, Frontier admitted "Some data exfiltration" occurred and "a small number of Frontier Software customers" were whacked.
Treasurer Lucas said the number of staff whose personal data had been leaked was somewhere between 38,000 and 80,000.
One small upside is that, while Frontier Software operates outside Australia, it appears only Australian data was accessed.