Budget leak: no Treasury hack, say police

Budget leak: no Treasury hack, say police
Pattrick Smellie
By Pattrick Smellie May 30 (BusinessDesk) - Police investigating a leak of sensitive Budget information have determined that the Treasury's computer system was not 'hacked'. In a rocky start to what should have been a showcase day for the government's first 'Wellbeing' Budget, a flurry of press statements issued around 5am confirmed that the police had determined the way the information was obtained was "not unlawful". Treasury Secretary Gabriel Makhlouf announced he had now sought an investigation from the State Services Commission, w...

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