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Incident: Australian vocational and trades education centre hit by Lockbit | iTWire

by Steven Kirby | Jul 19, 2023 | Australia, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2023, Education and Training, iTWire, Privacy, Ransomware | 0 |

Australian Education Ransomware Attack, 19 July 2023: Australian Academy of Vocational Education and Trades trading as Academia, has been hit by the Windows ransomware group Lockbit 3.0. The attackers have given the organisation a deadline of 24 July to get in touch and presumably negotiate a ransom payment.

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