The New South Wales (NSW) education department in Australia stated that their internal system had been a victim of a cyber attack.
The department took some systems offline while conducting its investigation because protecting student and staff data is of the utmost importance.
The department has reported the issue to the state's police and federal government organizations and collaborated with Cyber Security NSW to find a solution.
"id": "NSW16403223",
"linkid": "nsw-department-of-education",
"type": "Cyber Attack",
"date": "07/2021",
"severity": "100",
"impact": "5",
"explanation": "Attack threatening the organization’s existence"