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Court Services Victoria (CSV) today released a statement providing an update on the cyber security incident impacting Victoria’s courts.

The incident impacted a single network that manages only audio-visual recordings for all courts and was contained to only that network.

The investigation remains ongoing, but CSV can confirm recordings of some earlier Supreme Court hearings conducted in the County Court and regional locations were impacted. 

The date range of matters in the Supreme Court that may have been accessed is now as follows:

Jurisdiction Date range Hearings where recordings
may have been accessed
Supreme Court

 
For matters heard in Supreme Court courtrooms in Melbourne dates remain 1-21 December 2023.

 

For regional hearings and hearings in the County Court building the affected dates are now:

Ballarat - April 2016
Bendigo - August 2023
Shepparton - January, February, July and August 2023
Wodonga - October, November, December 2023
County Court - May, June, July, October, November, December 2023

Court of Appeal
Criminal Division, 
Practice Court 
and regional hearings

Parties in Supreme Court matters where recordings may have been accessed within the previously advised date range have been notified.

Notifications to parties in further regional hearings and hearings in the County Court building that may have been accessed are being prepared.

Published on 18 January 2024
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