Australia's Energy One says no proof of malicious activity after cyber incident (updated)
29/09/2023 04:44
(Updates with comment in paragraph 3 and context on cyber
attacks in paragraphs 4-6)
Sept 29 (Reuters) - Australian software supplier Energy
One EOL.AX said on Friday it had not uncovered any evidence of
malicious activity on their customer systems after a cyber
incident was first identified last month.
The company had previously said some personal information of
its current and former employees had been compromised, for which
the notification process is underway.
"Our investigations have not revealed any evidence that
customer systems have been impacted and the company continues to
securely trade," Energy One said in a statement on Friday.
Australian firms have suffered many cyber attacks since
September 2022, putting the spotlight on the country's
understaffed cybersecurity industry.
Recently, Shell Plc SHEL.L identified a cybersecurity
incident involving some employees at BG Group in Australia, the
latest company to be hit by the MOVEit hack.
Earier this year, Home Affairs Minister Clare O'Neil
said she plans to overhaul Australia's cyber security rules and
set up an agency to oversee government investment in the field
and help coordinate responses to hacker attacks.
(Reporting by Ayushman Ojha; Editing by Rashmi Aich and Sherry
Jacob-Phillips)
((Ayushman.Ojha@thomsonreuters.com;))