As part of a Qilin ransomware spree against several WA and QLD businesses, Mount Barker Co-operative (a West Australian regional food and farm co-op) was listed on Qilin's leak site on 11 February 2026 with roughly 40 GB claimed. The reporting stresses Qilin posted little hard evidence, leaving real uncertainty about how much was actually taken. A lens on why regional and co-operative businesses are increasingly targeted, plus backups, MFA, monitoring and incident-response basics.

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Sources: Cyber Daily.