Dan Tehan says the government received reports of the private sector being impacted but not commonwealth organisations
An Australian business has fallen victim to a global malware attack and there are investigations into two other reports, the federal government says.
The so-called ransomware has wormed its way into thousands of computer systems in an apparent extortion plot, shutting users out unless they coughed up a payment.
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