❓ Hon. Tjorn Sibma asks the Minister for Innovation and the Digital Economy for a breakdown of cybersecurity incidents reported by state government agencies between January and June 2023, and how many were successful. The Minister provides a detailed breakdown of incident categories and confirms that none were successful.
AnsweredQoN 695Legislative Council
QuestionView source ↗
CYBERSECURITY —
GOVERNMENT AGENCIES
695. Hon TJORN SIBMA to the Minister for Innovation and the
Digital Economy:
I refer to the 10 232 cybersecurity
incidents reported by state government agencies to the Office of Digital
Government's cybersecurity operations centre between 1 January and 16
June 2023.
(1) Can the
minister please provide a breakdown of the number of these attacks by category?
(2) Additionally,
can the minister advise how many of these attacks were successful?
GOVERNMENT AGENCIES
695. Hon TJORN SIBMA to the Minister for Innovation and the
Digital Economy:
I refer to the 10 232 cybersecurity
incidents reported by state government agencies to the Office of Digital
Government's cybersecurity operations centre between 1 January and 16
June 2023.
(1) Can the
minister please provide a breakdown of the number of these attacks by category?
(2) Additionally,
can the minister advise how many of these attacks were successful?
AnswerView source ↗
I thank the honourable member for
some notice of the question. The Department of the Premier and Cabinet advises
the following.
(1) The answer to
part one is in tabular form. I seek leave to have the response incorporated
into Hansard . It lists the categories and numbers of incidents.
[Leave granted for the following
material to be incorporated.]
Category
Number
of Incidents
Discovery
3,646
Command
and Control
3,287
Initial
Access
904
Credential
Access
436
Exfiltration
396
PreAttack/Resource
Development
178
Defence
Evasion
27
Collection
26
Execution
16
Lateral
Movement
9
Persistence
5
Reconnaissance
2
Incidents
which do not fit within the definition of the above categories
1,300
(2) Nil.
some notice of the question. The Department of the Premier and Cabinet advises
the following.
(1) The answer to
part one is in tabular form. I seek leave to have the response incorporated
into Hansard . It lists the categories and numbers of incidents.
[Leave granted for the following
material to be incorporated.]
Category
Number
of Incidents
Discovery
3,646
Command
and Control
3,287
Initial
Access
904
Credential
Access
436
Exfiltration
396
PreAttack/Resource
Development
178
Defence
Evasion
27
Collection
26
Execution
16
Lateral
Movement
9
Persistence
5
Reconnaissance
2
Incidents
which do not fit within the definition of the above categories
1,300
(2) Nil.
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