Mercury IT victim of cyberattack – coronial files compromised

Mercury IT victim of cyberattack – coronial files compromised
Mercury IT has been hit with a ransomware attack. (Image: Deposit Photos)
Ian Llewellyn
Mercury IT has been named as the company subjected to a cyberattack that has compromised thousands of Ministry of Justice coronial files and the security of a number of other organisations' data.The ministry said earlier this afternoon the attack was on a company that provided IT services to a third-party provider the ministry has contracts with. Following this, the Privacy Commissioner’s office released a statement saying it was looking into a “cyber security incident involving a ransomware attack on Mercury IT”.The...

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