Ransomware attack puts focus on privacy risks for political parties, which are exempt from many data protection obligations<ul><li>Get our <a href=”https://www.theguardian.com/email-newsletters?CMP=cvau_sfl”>breaking news email, <a href=”https://app.adjust.com/w4u7jx3″>free app or <a href=”https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/series/full-story?CMP=cvau_sfl”>daily news podcast</li></ul>More than two years before the data breach of Clive Palmer’s Trumpet of Patriots and United Australia parties, the federal government was warned that there was a significant risk to political parties which are exempt from many data protection obligations holding sensitive information on voters.The ransomware attack on Trumpet of Patriots <a href=”https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/jul/17/clive-palmer-trumpet-of-patriots-united-australia-party-data-breach-ransomware-attack-ntwnfb”>earlier this month was the first time Australians became aware of a major data breach of any political party. It only became public information because the party decided to report it. The attack also affected the United Australia party. <a href=”https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jul/27/trumpet-of-patriots-hack-calls-for-political-parties-report-data-breaches-ntwnfb”>Continue reading…
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