WannaCry virus: Speeding fines still apply in Melbourne

MORE than 60,000 drivers nabbed by virus-infected speed and red light cameras in Victoria may have to pay their fines after all.

At least 56,000 Victorian motorists will still have to cough up for fines from red light and speed cameras that were infected with a virus. Picture Norm Oorloff

MORE than 60,000 Victorian motorists will still have to cough up fines from red light and speed cameras infected by a virus last month.

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Police and Road Safety Camera Commissioner John Voyage says the WannaCry virus, which infected 160 cameras but has since been cleared from the system, did not compromise any data.

“We can say with confidence that there is no breach of the integrity of the data,” he said.

“There is no compromise of the system.”

Police Minister Lisa Neville and Victoria’s top traffic cop Assistant Commissioner Doug Fryer at a press conference about the speed camera issues. Picture Norm Oorloff

A contractor inadvertently uploaded the ransomware virus onto the network on June 6 while using a USB stick for a system update.

The virus infected cameras operated by Redflex and Jenoptik before all systems were patched on June 22.

About 61,000 fines suspended during the preliminary investigation have since been reinstated.

“All the fixed speed and red light cameras were working correctly from June 6 to 22, and ... all detections throughout the fixed camera network are valid,” a police spokeswoman said in a statement.

Mr Voyage said he will investigate how the virus got into the system.

“The virus is known to have attempted to attack the system,” he said.

“It has spread in the system, which should have been a secure system.

“But it did not actually take the second step of encrypting.”

Police Minister Lisa Neville was not made aware of the virus until late June.

On Friday she said she was “extremely disappointed” that the companies appeared to have not taken the virus as seriously as they should.