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Tasmanian cyber attack grabs TasTafe, Teachers Registration Board data

A cybersecurity expert says the media has a "role to play in educating the public about what to do if their information is leaked". (Unsplash: Taskin Ashiq)

Tasmania's Tafe system, the state's Teachers Registration Board and the office of the Commissioner for Children and Young People have been caught up in a recent Tasmanian government data breach — but a security expert says reporting about hack needs to be measured.

On Good Friday, the Tasmanian government said 16,000 documents had been released online after hackers accessed data from the Department of Education, Children and Young People through the third-party file transfer service GoAnywhere MFT.

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