❓ A WA parliamentary question on notice inquired about the impact of the WannaCry ransomware attack on the Education and Training portfolio, with all listed departments and agencies reporting no infections.
AnsweredQoN 64Legislative Assembly
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In respect of the Minister’s portfolio responsibilities for departments, agencies, boards or publicly owned corporations: (a) how many computers were infected with the ransomware program called 'WannaCry': (i) was any payment made to decrypt any computers as per the ransom; (ii) why were the infected machines not patched to prevent this from occurring; and (iii) what actions have been taken since the infection to prevent this from occurring again in the future?
AnswerView source ↗
Answered
20 June 2017
Responded by
Minister representing the Minister for Education and Training
Response time
8 days
Department of Education
(a) Nil
(i)-(iii) Not applicable.
Country High Schools Hostels Authority
(a) Nil
(i)-(iii) Not applicable.
Department of Training and Workforce Development
(a) Nil
(i)-(iii) Not applicable
North Metropolitan TAFE
(a) Nil
(i)-(iii) Not applicable
South Metropolitan TAFE
(a) Nil
(i)-(iii) Not applicable
North Regional TAFE
(a) Nil
(i)-(iii) Not applicable
South Regional TAFE
(a) Nil
(i)-(iii) Not applicable
Central Regional TAFE
(a) Nil
(i)-(iii) Not applicable
Schools Curriculum Standards Authority
(a) Nil
(i)-(iii) Not applicable
Department Education Services
(a) Nil.
(i) - (iii) Not applicable.
Building Construction Industry Training Fund
(a) Nil.
(i) - (iii) Not applicable.
(a) Nil
(i)-(iii) Not applicable.
Country High Schools Hostels Authority
(a) Nil
(i)-(iii) Not applicable.
Department of Training and Workforce Development
(a) Nil
(i)-(iii) Not applicable
North Metropolitan TAFE
(a) Nil
(i)-(iii) Not applicable
South Metropolitan TAFE
(a) Nil
(i)-(iii) Not applicable
North Regional TAFE
(a) Nil
(i)-(iii) Not applicable
South Regional TAFE
(a) Nil
(i)-(iii) Not applicable
Central Regional TAFE
(a) Nil
(i)-(iii) Not applicable
Schools Curriculum Standards Authority
(a) Nil
(i)-(iii) Not applicable
Department Education Services
(a) Nil.
(i) - (iii) Not applicable.
Building Construction Industry Training Fund
(a) Nil.
(i) - (iii) Not applicable.
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