Our parent company, IPH, is continuing to work with leading external cyber security and forensic IT advisors to respond to, and conduct a forensic investigation into, the cyber incident announced on 16 March 2023. The incident impacted Spruson and Ferguson (Australia)’s document management system and practice management system.
IPH advises that they have now established new network infrastructure following a strict restoration process and key system functionality has now been restored. Under the advice of cyber security experts, security has also been further enhanced, including additional preventative and detective controls to protect the IPH network. The new systems are now in use by Spruson and Ferguson (Australia), and our transition back to normal operating procedures on these new systems is underway.
IPH is continuing their response, and their investigation into the extent of and nature of the unauthorised access to the IT environment and data held within it, which is expected to extend over a number of weeks.
You can read the full statement from IPH here, and for any queries, please contact your relationship Principal.