In the latest cybersecurity news, VERTEL — a company operating in the AU — has fallen victim to a ransomware attack conducted by the group spacebears. This data breach, discovered on 2025-06-17 08:04:08.153750, underscores the increasing need for proactive cybersecurity defenses as we continue through 2025.
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Incident Report
| Attribute | Information |
|---|---|
| Target Organization | VERTEL |
| Threat Group | spacebears |
| Summary | We have come from humble beginnings as an operator of communication sites and two-way radio networks. As one of Australia’s first true ‘managed services’ providers, we started our corporate life serving demanding government and enterprise organisations.Vertel is an Australian-owned and operated telecommunications carrier and ICT managed services provider with a vision to enable smarter, healthier and safer Australian communities through excellence in innovation, delivery and support of our services.Headquartered in Sydney with an Australia-wide service delivery capability, Vertel has supported Australian government and corporate sector clients for more than 50 years.Vertel was originally one of Australia’s market-leading managed radio services providers. We pivoted to become a market leader in the provision of high-capacity, highly reliable wireless and hybrid fibre telecommunications services (including, more recently, nbn) with a focus on meeting critical communications needs for customers, particularly in rural and remote Australia.Vertel’s service offerings provide a complementary range of network-centric managed services. These include cloud services (IaaS), software-defined wide area networking (SD-WAN) and managed router services (MRS), managed networks (WAN and LAN), managed voice and security services.As network services experts with a focus on the end-to-end performance of customer services, Vertel excels in responsive 24×7 service and support for our growing base of customers whether in rural and remote regions or in metropolitan areas.As both a carrier and a managed services provider, we provide flexible, responsive and adaptable insights into critical networking and cloud services issues confronting businesses today.- Database, SQL- Personal information of clients- Financial documents https://vertel.com.au/ |
| Date of Breach | 2025-04-29 00:00:00.000000 |
| Discovery Date | 2025-06-17 08:04:08.153750 |
| Region | AU |
| Target Domain | vertel.com.au |
| Business Sector | Telecommunication |
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