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Clancy Balen and Meg Whitfield

Minister confirms 16,000 documents released online in Tasmanian data breach, helpline set up

Science and Technology Minister Madeleine Ogilvie will give an update on the breach on Friday afternoon. (ABC News: Maren Preuss)

Names, addresses and bank statements of Tasmanian parents and students have been released online in a data breach involving at least 16,000 documents.

The documents were released by hackers as part of a cyber attack on a third-party transfer software used by the Tasmanian Department of Education, Children and Young People.  

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