SYDNEY, March 27 -- Australian Prudential Regulation Authority issued the following media release:
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has decommissioned its legacy Direct to APRA (D2A) data submission system for entity access. The system was taken offline on Friday 20 March following the identification of security vulnerabilities through a routine penetration test on Thursday 19 March.
APRA is accelerating its program to transition all APRA's data collections onto the singular interface of APRA Connect.
This action is precautionary and in line with APRA's low risk tolerance for system vulnerabilities that may expose APRA or regulated entities to attack. APRA is not aware of any security breaches or exploitation on APRA...