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Incident: Police officer facing computer hacking charges | ARN

Incident: Police officer facing computer hacking charges | ARN

Australian Information Security Incident Reported: June 27 2019

Police officer facing computer hacking charges

Subject to an investigation after gaining access to confidential information
Reported in: ARN

The unnamed officer from the Ethical Standards Command has now been stood down from official duty with the force pending an investigation into allegations of unauthorised access to confidential information.

The police officer has been served with a notice to appear alleging one charge pursuant to section 408E, computer hacking and misuse, of the Criminal Code and will be due to appear in the Brisbane Magistrates Court on 25 July.

.Source: Police officer facing computer hacking charges

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