❓ WA Parliamentary Question on Notice regarding WannaCry ransomware infections across several government departments and agencies. The answer indicates no infections occurred and therefore no ransom was paid or further action needed.
AnsweredQoN 66Legislative Assembly
Asked
17 May 2017
Member
Portfolio
Premier; Minister for Public Sector Management; State Development, Jobs and Trade; Federal-State Relations
QuestionView source ↗
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
Response time
8 days
Salaries and Allowances Tribunal, Premier and Cabinet, Lotterywest, Public Sector Commission, Gold Corporation, State Development, Jobs and Trade
(a) Nil
(i) - (iii) not applicable
(a) Nil
(i) - (iii) not applicable
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