❓ WA Parliamentary Question reveals varying levels of cyber attack attempts across different government departments and agencies, with some reporting successful breaches but no compromise of sensitive material. Reporting mechanisms and attribution capabilities differ significantly between agencies.
AnsweredQoN 3683Legislative Assembly
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For all departments, agencies, government trading enterprises or boards within the Minister’s portfolio responsibilities I ask since 11 March 2017: (a) How many attempted cyber attacks have there been on internal network systems and if any: (i) How many of these were conducted by a non-state foreign actor; (ii) How many of these were conducted by a nation-state foreign actor; and (iii) How many were successful and was any material containing Cabinet or customer related detail compromised; (b) How many attempted cyber attacks have there been on external network systems or websites and if any: (i) How many of these were conducted by a non-state foreign actor; (ii) How many of these were conducted by a nation-state foreign actor; and (iii) How many were successful and was any material containing Cabinet or customer related detail compromised; and (c) How many attempted cyber attacks have there been on any internet enabled devices (i.e. iPhones, iPads etc.) and if any: (i) How many of these were conducted by a non-state foreign actor; (ii) How many of these were conducted by a nation-state foreign actor; and (iii) How many were successful and was any material containing Cabinet related detail compromised?
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Answered
19 September 2018
Responded by
Minister for Transport; Planning; Lands
Response time
10 days
Former Department of Planning
(a)-(c) Nil
Former Department of Lands
(a)-(c) Nil
Department of Planning, Lands and Heritage
(a) Nil
(b) 5
(i) 5
(ii)-(iii) Nil
(c) Nil
Western Australian Planning Commission
(a)-(c) Nil
Department of Transport
(a) 1
(i) Nil
(ii) 1
(iii) Nil
Main Roads Western Australia
(a) Network protections repel thousands of intrusion attempts every hour and email filtering blocks thousands of malicious (virus or spam or phishing) emails each day.
(i)-(ii) Not able to reliably report on the origins of attacks.
(iii) 2 – No Cabinet or other sensitive material compromised
(b) Network protections repel thousands of intrusion attempts every hour and email filtering blocks thousands of malicious (virus or spam or phishing) emails each day.
(i)-(ii) Not able to reliably report on the origins of attacks.
(iii) 2 – No Cabinet or other sensitive material compromised
(c) 15 reports of SMS delivered phishing attempts.
(i)-(ii) Not able to reliably report on the origins of attacks
(iii) Nil
Public Transport Authority
(a) Nil
(b)
(i)-(ii) Unable to identify
(iii) Nil
(c) Nil
Fremantle Ports Authority
(a) 3,815
(i) 3,812
(ii) 3
(iii) Nil
(b) 491
(i) 491
(ii)-(iii) Nil
(c) Nil
Kimberley Ports Authority
(a) Nil
(b) The Kimberley Ports Authority doesn’t have a reporting mechanism on its external website to track the number of attacks or unauthorised log in attempts.
(c) Nil
Mid West Ports Authority
(a)-(c) Nil
Pilbara Ports Authority
(a)-(c) Nil
Southern Ports Authority
(a)-(c) The Southern Ports Authority does not record the number of attempted cyber-attacks.
(i)-(ii) Not applicable
(iii) Nil
Landcorp
(a)-(c) Nil
Landgate
(a) Nil
(b) 270
(i)-(ii) Unknown
(iii) Nil
(c) Nil
Metropolitan Redevelopment Authority
(a)-(c) Nil
(a)-(c) Nil
Former Department of Lands
(a)-(c) Nil
Department of Planning, Lands and Heritage
(a) Nil
(b) 5
(i) 5
(ii)-(iii) Nil
(c) Nil
Western Australian Planning Commission
(a)-(c) Nil
Department of Transport
(a) 1
(i) Nil
(ii) 1
(iii) Nil
Main Roads Western Australia
(a) Network protections repel thousands of intrusion attempts every hour and email filtering blocks thousands of malicious (virus or spam or phishing) emails each day.
(i)-(ii) Not able to reliably report on the origins of attacks.
(iii) 2 – No Cabinet or other sensitive material compromised
(b) Network protections repel thousands of intrusion attempts every hour and email filtering blocks thousands of malicious (virus or spam or phishing) emails each day.
(i)-(ii) Not able to reliably report on the origins of attacks.
(iii) 2 – No Cabinet or other sensitive material compromised
(c) 15 reports of SMS delivered phishing attempts.
(i)-(ii) Not able to reliably report on the origins of attacks
(iii) Nil
Public Transport Authority
(a) Nil
(b)
(i)-(ii) Unable to identify
(iii) Nil
(c) Nil
Fremantle Ports Authority
(a) 3,815
(i) 3,812
(ii) 3
(iii) Nil
(b) 491
(i) 491
(ii)-(iii) Nil
(c) Nil
Kimberley Ports Authority
(a) Nil
(b) The Kimberley Ports Authority doesn’t have a reporting mechanism on its external website to track the number of attacks or unauthorised log in attempts.
(c) Nil
Mid West Ports Authority
(a)-(c) Nil
Pilbara Ports Authority
(a)-(c) Nil
Southern Ports Authority
(a)-(c) The Southern Ports Authority does not record the number of attempted cyber-attacks.
(i)-(ii) Not applicable
(iii) Nil
Landcorp
(a)-(c) Nil
Landgate
(a) Nil
(b) 270
(i)-(ii) Unknown
(iii) Nil
(c) Nil
Metropolitan Redevelopment Authority
(a)-(c) Nil
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