❓ A WA parliamentary question seeks details on cybersecurity spending and incidents across several government departments and agencies. Most report no incidents, while WorkCover WA acknowledges two minor cyber-attacks that didn't affect systems or data.
AnsweredQoN 553Legislative Assembly
Asked
25 May 2017
Member
Portfolio
Mines and Petroleum; Commerce and Industrial Relations; Electoral Affairs; Asian Engagement
QuestionView source ↗
In respect of the Minister’s portfolio responsibilities for departments, agencies or publicly owned corporations: (a) how much money was spent on anti-virus, network security, firewall or anti-malware software in the last financial year; (b) from 17 March 2017 to 19 May 2017, have there been any reported instances of: (i) Viruses: (A) if so, what systems were affected, for how long and was there any downtime (in hours) for each system; (ii) Malware: (A) if so, what systems were affected, for how long and was there any downtime (in hours) for each system; (iii) Cyber-attack: (A) if so, what systems were affected, for how long and was there any downtime (in hours) for each system; and (B) was this attack reported to the WA or Australian Federal Police? If not, why not; (iv) DNS attack: (A) if so, what systems or websites were affected, for how long and was there any downtime (in hours) for each system; and (B) was this attack reported to the WA or Australian Federal Police? If not, why not; (v) Infected websites: (A) if so, what websites were infected / hacked, for how long and was there any downtime (in hours) for each system; (c) From 17 March 2017 to 19 May 2017 have any network files been illegally accessed by external individuals or organisations: (i) if so, what files were illegally accessed and when; (ii) if so, were the WA Police or Australian Federal Police informed of this illegal access; and (iii) if not, why not?
AnswerView source ↗
Answered
27 June 2017
Responded by
Minister for Mines and Petroleum; Commerce and Industrial Relations; Electoral Affairs; Asian Engagement
Response time
7 days
DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND PETROLEUM
(a) Please refer to clause (a) of Legislative Assembly Question on Notice 549.
(b) (i)-(v) There have been no instances of cyber-attack (which includes viruses, malware, DNS attack and infected websites) between 17 March 2017 and 19 May 2017.
(c) No
(i)-(iii) Not applicable
MINERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WA
(a) Please refer to clause (a) of Legislative Assembly Question on Notice 549.
(b) (i)-(v) There have been no instances of cyber-attack (which includes viruses, malware, DNS attack and infected websites) between 17 March 2017 and 19 May 2017.
(c) No
(i)-(iii) Not applicable
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
(a) Please refer to clause (a) of Legislative Assembly Question on Notice 549.
(b) (i)-(v) There have been no instances of cyber-attack (which includes viruses, malware, DNS attack and infected websites) between 17 March 2017 and 19 May 2017.
(c) No
(i)-(iii) Not applicable
CONTRUCTION INDUSTRY LONG SERVICE LEAVE PAYMENTS BOARD (MY LEAVE)
(a) Please refer to clause (a) of Legislative Assembly Question on Notice 549.
(b) (i)-(v) There have been no instances of cyber-attack (which includes viruses, malware, DNS attack and infected websites) between 17 March 2017 and 19 May 2017.
(c) No
(i)-(iii) Not applicable
WA INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS COMMISSION
(a) Please refer to clause (a) of Legislative Assembly Question on Notice 549.
(b) (i)-(v) There have been no instances of cyber-attack (which includes viruses, malware, DNS attack and infected websites) between 17 March 2017 and 19 May 2017.
(c) No
(i)-(iii) Not applicable
WORKCOVER WA
(a) Please refer to clause (a) of Legislative Assembly Question on Notice 549.
(b) (i)-(v) There have been two instances of cyber-attack between 17 March 2017 and 19 May 2017. No WorkCover WA system was affected and there was no downtime.
The attack was not reported to the WA or Australian Federal Police as it was of a minor nature and resulted in no downtime, damage or loss of data.
(c) No
(i) - (iii) Not applicable
WA ELECTORAL COMMISSION
(a) Please refer to clause (a) of Legislative Assembly Question on Notice 549.
(b) (i)-(v) There have been no instances of cyber-attack (which includes viruses, malware, DNS attack and infected websites) between 17 March 2017 and 19 May 2017.
(c) No
(i) – (iii) Not applicable
(a) Please refer to clause (a) of Legislative Assembly Question on Notice 549.
(b) (i)-(v) There have been no instances of cyber-attack (which includes viruses, malware, DNS attack and infected websites) between 17 March 2017 and 19 May 2017.
(c) No
(i)-(iii) Not applicable
MINERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WA
(a) Please refer to clause (a) of Legislative Assembly Question on Notice 549.
(b) (i)-(v) There have been no instances of cyber-attack (which includes viruses, malware, DNS attack and infected websites) between 17 March 2017 and 19 May 2017.
(c) No
(i)-(iii) Not applicable
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
(a) Please refer to clause (a) of Legislative Assembly Question on Notice 549.
(b) (i)-(v) There have been no instances of cyber-attack (which includes viruses, malware, DNS attack and infected websites) between 17 March 2017 and 19 May 2017.
(c) No
(i)-(iii) Not applicable
CONTRUCTION INDUSTRY LONG SERVICE LEAVE PAYMENTS BOARD (MY LEAVE)
(a) Please refer to clause (a) of Legislative Assembly Question on Notice 549.
(b) (i)-(v) There have been no instances of cyber-attack (which includes viruses, malware, DNS attack and infected websites) between 17 March 2017 and 19 May 2017.
(c) No
(i)-(iii) Not applicable
WA INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS COMMISSION
(a) Please refer to clause (a) of Legislative Assembly Question on Notice 549.
(b) (i)-(v) There have been no instances of cyber-attack (which includes viruses, malware, DNS attack and infected websites) between 17 March 2017 and 19 May 2017.
(c) No
(i)-(iii) Not applicable
WORKCOVER WA
(a) Please refer to clause (a) of Legislative Assembly Question on Notice 549.
(b) (i)-(v) There have been two instances of cyber-attack between 17 March 2017 and 19 May 2017. No WorkCover WA system was affected and there was no downtime.
The attack was not reported to the WA or Australian Federal Police as it was of a minor nature and resulted in no downtime, damage or loss of data.
(c) No
(i) - (iii) Not applicable
WA ELECTORAL COMMISSION
(a) Please refer to clause (a) of Legislative Assembly Question on Notice 549.
(b) (i)-(v) There have been no instances of cyber-attack (which includes viruses, malware, DNS attack and infected websites) between 17 March 2017 and 19 May 2017.
(c) No
(i) – (iii) Not applicable
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