Queensland’s largest regional water supplier, Sunwater was targeted by hackers in a cyber security breach that went undetected for nine months. The hackers left suspicious files on a web server to redirect visitor traffic to an online video platform.

Queensland's largest regional water supplier, Sunwater, was targeted by hackers in a cyber security breach in this hackers gained access to a water provider's servers. No customer or financial information was stolen in the breach. Six water authorities including Seqwater, Sunwater, Urban utilities, Unitywater, Gladstone Area Water Board and the Mount Isa Water board suffered from this incident. No financial or customer information had been stolen, according to a spokeswoman for Sunwater, and as soon as unauthorised access to an online content management system was discovered, appropriate security measures were taken.