Prepare the ransomware or cyber extortion payment report
Key facts
- Human involvement
- YellowClose supervision
- How AI is used
- From the incident timeline, the payment records and the threat actor communications, fill the report fields: the paying entity's details and ABN, when the incident occurred and when the entity became aware of it, its impact, the demand and the payment made, and flag every field the file does not yet answer.
- What the lawyer must review
- Confirm the client is a reporting business entity, either by turnover above the threshold for the previous financial year or as a responsible entity for a Part 2B asset, identify who must report where a payment was made on the client's behalf, check each field against the evidence, and confirm the report is made within 72 hours of the payment.
- Written for / version
- US
Open a jurisdiction version of this task to see which instruments apply: US
Who does what
| Role | What they do |
|---|---|
| Assistance | From the incident timeline, the payment records and the threat actor communications, fill the report fields: the paying entity's details and ABN, when the incident occurred and when the entity became aware of it, its impact, the demand and the payment made, and flag every field the file does not yet answer. |
| Lawyer | Set the scope, supervise the work closely, verify every part relied on, resolve omissions and exceptions, and approve the exact output. |
Checklist
- Confirm the instructions, the jurisdiction and the complete relevant material before starting.
- Confirm the client's annual turnover for the previous financial year, or its Part 2B status, before treating it as a reporting entity.
- Check the payment date and time, because the 72 hours run from the payment.
- Check every completed field against a document in the incident file and leave unknown fields marked as unknown.
- Check the output against the source documents named in it before it is relied on.
Forms and precedents for this task
| Form or precedent | Kind | AI use | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ransomware or cyber extortion payment report: fields on the ACSC form | Checklist | AI use Yellow | Field list for the ransomware and cyber extortion payment report on the cyber.gov.au form. |
| SOCI Act cyber incident report: 12-hour and 72-hour clocks | Checklist | AI use Yellow | The CISC description of mandatory cyber incident reporting for a critical infrastructure asset. |
Signed-in accounts can read the full text of each one. All precedents.
Sources
- Department of Home Affairs: Ransomware and cyber extortion payment reporting fact sheet · 2026-10-18
These are suggested working checks. Confirm the required checking with the responsible lawyer before work starts; the checking approach does not establish permission to use AI.