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Alleged data breach, public servant charged
Internal monitoring detected the alleged transfer, and police say the stolen data was secured with no external compromise to the agency’s system.
- On Monday, NSW Police arrested and charged a 45-year-old NSW Treasury employee with accessing restricted data after allegedly downloading more than 5,600 sensitive documents; the bureaucrat faces Downing Centre Local Court on June 3.
- NSW Treasurer Daniel Mookhey said internal security monitoring detected the alleged movement of a large cache of documents to an external server between April 10 and 14, with the government escalating the matter on Friday.
- The employee worked in Treasury's commercial team for three years, handling sensitive government negotiations and procurement. Police confirmed the allegedly stolen data has been secured with no external system compromise.
- Declaring the breach a "significant cyber incident," the NSW government tasked the NSW Chief Cyber Security Officer with coordinating a whole-of-agency response, as Mookhey emphasized cyber risks are affecting every sector.
- Other NSW government agencies have faced similar breaches, including the hacking of some 9,000 files from JusticeLink in March 2025, highlighting persistent cyber vulnerabilities across government systems.
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Public servant charged for data breach
A NSW Treasury staffer has been charged for stealing classified documents relating to multiple government departments. Described by Treasurer Daniel Mookhey as a “significant cyber incident”, the data breach involved the transfer of “a substantial cache of documents containing confidential commercial and financial information” to an external server. More than 5,600 files were accessed and downloaded. Treasury reported the matter to NSW Police on…
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