At least 9,000 documents leaked in NSW court website data breach

At least nine thousand New South Wales court documents have been leaked after the state's online registry website was hit in a major data breach.

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00:00The New South Wales state government and police have confirmed that they are investigating

00:06a major breach of the state's online court registry database.

00:12Police have confirmed that the breach took place on Tuesday this week and involves around

00:199,000 sensitive documents, including things like apprehended domestic violence orders

00:25and affidavits in civil and criminal proceedings.

00:29The state government has assured the public that none of that information has become publicly

00:35available or has been leaked online at this point, but police are continuing to investigate

00:41the full extent of this breach.

00:45The state government has asked anyone who's concerned about their data to get in touch

00:49through the federal government's ReportCyber website.

00:53Domestic violence and community legal services, however, have already begun to voice their

00:58concerns about the impact that this may have, particularly on vulnerable applicants, especially

01:04in matters concerning domestic violence.

01:08The Department of Communities and Justice says that it's beginning to contact those

01:11who may be impacted and it'll provide more updates as they become available.