Iress advises that on Saturday 11 May 2024 it detected and contained an unauthorised accessing of Iress’
user space on GitHub, a third-party code repository platform which manages software code before it goes live in production on a separate platform. Iress does not store client information on GitHub.
Iress restricted access to GitHub immediately upon discovery and commenced a rapid investigation. There is no evidence that client data has been compromised as a result of this issue. There is also no evidence that Iress’ production or client software has been compromised.
Iress has now commenced a process of strengthening access and security protocols out of an abundance of caution.
We do not anticipate any disruption to our business or our clients’ ability to use our software and systems.
Iress is making this announcement in the interests of transparency and keeping all stakeholders informed.
The Company takes information security extremely seriously and has notified relevant authorities.
The release of this announcement was authorised by the Iress Board