jobs.nsw.gov.au was forced to be shut down after it was found hackers had targeted the site. The department was alerted by job seekers who began receiving unsolicited emails purporting to be from the site, alerting them to hoax job vacancies. Fears were raised about the personal details of job seekers having being compromised and the Government commissioned Ernst & Young to investigate how the security breach occurred.
This is yet another reason for the focus on application security.
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