Four weeks after the ABC revealed sensitive court files were being accessed offshore in a potential risk to national security, the company responsible for the breach has entered into voluntary administration.
Administrators McGrathNicol were called in on Monday to urgently assess the viability of VIQ Solutions Australia — the company responsible for daily production of court transcripts across the country.
VIQ was facing potential penalties under its Commonwealth contractual obligations and reputational damage after the ABC revealed a company in India had accessed thousands of Australian court files.
In a statement, Chief Executive Officer of VIQ Solutions, Larry Taylor, said the decision to appoint administrators was in part due to a…