Australian Defence Force (ADF) had been hacked and was shut down for 10 days
A highly sensitive military database containing the personal details of tens of thousands of its members was compromised.
Defence Force Recruiting's outsourced electronic records system was taken offline.
Details stored on the online system included medical exams, psychological records, and summaries of initial interviews with potential recruits.
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"id": "aus2315221222",
"linkid": "australian-defence-force",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "03/2020",
"severity": "100",
"impact": "5",
"explanation": "Attack threatening the organization’s existence"
{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 'tens of thousands',
'industry': 'Defense',
'location': 'Australia',
'name': 'Australian Defence Force',
'type': 'Military'}],
'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 'tens of thousands',
'personally_identifiable_information': True,
'sensitivity_of_data': 'highly sensitive',
'type_of_data_compromised': ['medical exams',
'psychological records',
'summaries of initial '
'interviews']},
'description': 'The Australian Defence Force (ADF) experienced a data breach '
'that resulted in the compromise of a highly sensitive '
'military database containing personal details of tens of '
'thousands of its members. The breach led to the shutdown of '
"the Defence Force Recruiting's outsourced electronic records "
'system for 10 days.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['medical exams',
'psychological records',
'summaries of initial interviews with '
'potential recruits'],
'downtime': 10,
'operational_impact': 'Shutdown of the electronic records system',
'systems_affected': ["Defence Force Recruiting's outsourced "
'electronic records system']},
'title': 'Australian Defence Force Data Breach',
'type': 'Data Breach'}