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❓ A WA parliamentary question on notice seeks information on cybersecurity spending and incidents within the Housing Authority and the Department of Local Government and Communities. The response indicates no reported incidents during the specified period.

AnsweredQoN 551Legislative Assembly

Asked

25 May 2017

Member

Mr Z.R.F. Kirkup

Portfolio

Housing; Veterans Issues; Youth

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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?

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Answered

28 June 2017

Responded by

Minister for Housing; Veterans Issues; Youth

Response time

8 days

HOUSING AUTHORITY
The Housing Authority advises:
(a)                   Please refer to clause (a) of Legislative Assembly Question on Notice 549
(b)                   No
(i)        Not applicable
(A)                   Not applicable
(ii)        No
(A)                   Not applicable
(iii)       No
(A)-(B)            Not applicable
(iv)      No
(A)-(B)            Not applicable
(v)       No
(A)                   Not applicable
(c)                   No
(i)-(iii) Not applicable
DEPARTMENT OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND COMMUNITIES
The Department of Local Government and Communities advises:
(a)                   Please refer to clause (a) of Legislative Assembly Question on Notice 549
(b)                   No
(i)        Not applicable
(A)                   Not applicable
(ii)        No
(A)                   Not applicable
(iii)       No
(A)-(B)            Not applicable
(iv)      No
(A)-(B)            Not applicable
(v)       No
(A)                   Not applicable
(c)                   No
(i)-(iii) Not applicable

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