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description: "Technical services provider ALS experienced unauthorized access to its IT systems, causing temporary disruptions. Most services have been restored due to swift containment measures. ALS is collaborating with the Australian Cyber Security Centre and other authorities to evaluate any data impact. The incident, categorized as malicious cyber activity, prompted immediate action from ALS' IT and security teams. This follows a warning from Australia's prudential regulator regarding banks' lag in adapting to advancements in artificial intelligence, which could exacerbate cyber threats."
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# Australia's ALS restores most services after cyber incident; data impact under review

May 5 (Reuters) - Technical services provider ALS said on Tuesday that ‌unauthorized third-party access to parts of ‌its IT systems caused a 'temporary disruption' to ​some of its operations, but swift containment measures helped restore most services.

ALS, which provides scientific testing services spanning commodities, ‌food and pharmaceuticals, ⁠has informed the Australian Cyber Security Centre and is working ⁠with clients, authorities and regulators to assess any data impact.

The company did ​not provide ​any timeline ​or details on ‌when the disruption began.

The breach, flagged as malicious cyber activity, triggered immediate action from ALS' IT and security teams, supported by external incident-response specialists, the ‌company said.

The incident follows ​a warning from Australia's ​prudential regulator ​last week that banks ‌are lagging behind advances in ​artificial ​intelligence.

The regulator said that emerging systems such as Anthropic's Mythos could accelerate ​and intensify ‌cyber attacks.

(Reporting by Kumar Tanishk ​in Bengaluru; Editing by Jonathan Ananda ​and Sherry Jacob-Phillips)

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