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NZ Incident: New Zealand’s AA Traveler “@WeLoveNZ” data breach

May 13, 2022 | Australian InfoSec Incidents 2021, Banking and Finance, Confidentiality, Data Breach, 🥝 NZ Incidents, New Zealand, SMH - The Sydney Morning Herald

New Zealand Data Breach May 2022: Vulnerability in @WeLoveNZ database causes data breach at New Zealand’s AA Traveller; names, email address, passwords and phone numbers compromised

Incident: TfNSW hit by second cyber attack in less than 18 months | iTnews

May 4, 2022 | Australian InfoSec Incidents 2022, Confidentiality, iTnews, New South Wales, Privacy Breach, State Government, Transport and Logistics

Australian Privacy Breach May 2022: Transport for NSW hit by second cyber attack in less than 18 months. An online application used by vehicle examiners to conduct roadworthiness inspections in NSW has been struck by a cyber attack.

Australian Cyber News Summary #03 – March 2022

Apr 2, 2022 | Monthly Australian News

Australian Cyber News Summary March 2020: Federal Budget, Cyber Tax Breaks, Service NSW, Australian Federal Police, Telstra.
InfoSec, Information Security, Cyber Security, CyberSec

Australian Cyber News Summary #02 – February 2022

Mar 1, 2022 | Monthly Australian News

Australian Cyber News Summary February 2020: NZ Post, Defence, NBN, Privacy, Incident, Ransomware, Telco, NSW, Police, News Corp, Scam, Audit. InfoSec, Information Security, Cyber Security, CyberSec

Incident: Sky News employees caught in cyber breach | SHM

Feb 27, 2022 | 12.02 Protection from Malware, 12.04 Logging and monitoring, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2022, Availability, Confidentiality, Data Breach, Integrity, News Film and Media, Privacy Breach, SaaS - Software as a Service, SMH - The Sydney Morning Herald

Australian Media Ransomware Attack February 2022. Sky News employees caught in cyber breach, Info accessed included full names, dwelling and e mail addresses, phone numbers, dates of beginning, tax file numbers, salaries, payroll IDs and superannuation fund particulars.

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Quote: Anthony T. Hincks “Security just doesn’t start …”

by Steven Kirby | Apr 10, 2022 | Quotes | 0 |

Anthony T. Hincks - “Security just doesn't start at the front door, and end at the back door.”

Quote: Schrodinger’s Backup “The condition of any backup is unknown until a restore is attempted”

by Steven Kirby | Feb 28, 2022 | Quotes | 0 |
Quote: Dwight D. Eisenhower “If you want total security, go to prison…”

by Steven Kirby | Feb 23, 2022 | Quotes | 0 |
Quote: J. M. Barrie “All of this has happened before, and it will all happen again.”

by Steven Kirby | Mar 23, 2021 | Quotes | 0 |
Quote: Michael McCormack “Never been a breach, the ABS assures us that this won’t happen into the future with this Census”

by Steven Kirby | Oct 11, 2020 | Featured, Quotes | 0 |
Quote: Hanif Kureishi “Security and safety were the reward of dullness.”

by Steven Kirby | Oct 11, 2020 | Quotes | 0 |

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NZ Incident: New Zealand’s AA Traveler “@WeLoveNZ” data breach

Incident: Coles, Westpac, AMP and Department of Defence caught up in ‘significant’ data breach of Finite Recruitment | ABC News (Australia)

Dec 18, 2021

Incident: Tens of thousands locked out of ATO Online accounts after payroll hack | iTnews

Audit: Queensland Audit Office (QAO) Water 2021 Report finds one breach and significant control weaknesses | ABC News (Australia)

Nov 11, 2021

Incident: Queensland water supplier Sunwater targeted by hackers in months-long undetected cyber security breach | ABC News (Australia)

Nov 11, 2021

Incident: SA Ambulance Service patients’ personal information stolen from consultancy firm | ABC News (Australia)

Incident: Kununurra Department of Education worker charged with illegally accessing confidential information | The West Australian

Jun 11, 2021

Incident: Telstra service provider Schepisi Communications hit by cyber attack as hackers claim SIM card information stolen | The Australian

May 4, 2021

Incident: Enterprises need to change passwords following ClickStudios, Passwordstate attack | ZDNet

Incident: Ex-worker who was investigated over child sex offences accessed sensitive data 260 times in major breach | ABC News (Australia)

Mar 13, 2021

Incident: Checking accounts – FWC upholds dismissal of ANZ banker who accessed private info about a colleague and celebrity | SmartCompany

Mar 4, 2021

Incident: Transport for NSW data stolen in Accellion breach | iTnews

Incident: Queensland Police Service apologises to gun owners over mass data breach in Moreton region | ABC News (Australia)

Jan 14, 2021

Incident: Ransomware attack forces three-week shutdown of NT Government IT system | ABC News (Australia)

Quote: Michael McCormack “Never been a breach, the ABS assures us that this won’t happen into the future with this Census”

Oct 11, 2020

Quote: Hanif Kureishi “Security and safety were the reward of dullness.”

Incident: Specsavers – Adelaide optometrist struck off register after tampering with hundreds of glasses prescriptions | ABC News (Australia)

Sep 13, 2020

Incident: Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron to be questioned by Office of Australian Information Commissioner after data breach | The Courier Mail

Sep 11, 2020

Incident: Australian firm Tandem Corp hit by Windows NetWalker ransomware | iTWire

Incident: NSW police to investigate after leaking emails of people who complained about pepper spray at Black Lives Matter rally | The Guardian

Aug 19, 2020

Incident: Seek apologises for ‘internal technical issue’ that exposed user details | ZDNet

Incident: Matthews Australasia and Fitzpatrick Rushinek Associates have been hit by attackers using the Mespinoza/Pysa Windows ransomware | iTWire

Jun 4, 2020

Audit: NSW unis taken to task over poor cyber stance | iTnews

Incident: Confidential details of entire WA Police Force accessed in ‘startling’ audit breach, CCC finds | ABC News (Australia)

Apr 24, 2020

Incident: Email bungle at Australian Traffic Network seeking jobkeeper payments exposes staff’s personal details | The Guardian

Apr 23, 2020

Quote: Kevin Mitnick Companies spend millions of dollars on firewalls, encryption and secure access devices, and it’s money wasted, because none of these measures address the weakest link in the secur...

Apr 16, 2020

Audit: WA agencies still vulnerable to cyber security weaknesses | iTnews

Incident: Updated Citrix Bug – Fears private details of Australian Defence Force members compromised in database hack | ABC News (Australia)

Mar 4, 2020

Quote: Ginni Rometty “Cyber crime is the greatest threat to every company in the world”

Incident: Redland City councillor Tracey Huges ‘deeply sorry’ over mistake in attaching spreadsheet to New Year’s Eve invitation | Redland City Bulletin

Jan 3, 2020

Incident: Anglicare Sydney 4 laptops stolen from office by unknown parties | Anglicare Sydney

Incident: A major hack at one of NSW’s largest drug rehabilitation services, Adele House has left hundreds of patients at risk | The Australian

Nov 17, 2019

Incident: Two Sydney women charged over $500,000 BEC scam | iTnews

Nov 12, 2019

NZ Incident: Financial Markets Authority apologises for privacy breach | FMA

Nov 7, 2019

Incident: Hobart man pleads guilty to stalking and controlling ex-girlfriend’s car with his computer | ABC News (Australia)

Nov 6, 2019

Incident: Monash IVF patients receive bogus emails after ‘malicious cyber attack’ on fertility company | ABC News (Australia)

Nov 6, 2019

Quote: Edward Snowden “It is not data that is being exploited, it’s people that are people exploited.”

Nov 6, 2019

Incident: Cyber criminals hack Perth Anaesthetic Group hospital and steal patients’ personal information in terrifying security breach | Daily Mail Australia

Nov 2, 2019

Incident: Victorian man arrested over multiple DDoS attacks | iTnews

Incident: Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s office accidentally leaks talking points for MPs to journalists | ABC News (Australia)

Oct 7, 2019

Incident: Commonwealth Superannuation Corporation investigating privacy breach after financial documents sent to ABC producer | ABC News (Australia)

Oct 2, 2019

Incident: ‘Trusted inside access’: Sydney IT contractor arrested over Landmark White data breach | Brisbane Times

Incident: Australian Attorney-General Christian Porter’s office in privacy breach over draft religious discrimination bill email | The Australian

Sep 3, 2019

Quote: Joseph Wood Krutch “Security depends not so much upon how much you have, as upon how much you can do without.”

Aug 30, 2019

Incident: TGI Fridays Delivers Customer Indigestion Over Data Exposure | Threatpost

Aug 29, 2019

NZ Incident: ‘Coding error’ compromises passports, driver licences in Ministry of Culture and Heritage data breach | Stuff.co.nz

Aug 25, 2019

Incident: Aussie banks warn customers after fresh PayID data breach | iTnews

Aug 22, 2019

Audit: Northern Territory School children’s data exposed to cyber security threats due to education department oversight | ABC Australia

Aug 17, 2019

Incident: Sensitive personal data of hundreds of visa applicants accidentally leaked in email mishap | ABC News Australia

Aug 15, 2019

Incident: ‘Shocking’ myki privacy breach for millions of users in data release | ABC News (Australia)

Aug 15, 2019

Incident: WA Officer David Snowball illegally accessed police computer to protect partner’s massage business | ABC News (Australia)

Aug 9, 2019

Incident: Air NZ Airpoints customers caught in phishing scam| Otago Daily Times

Incident: Brisbane based loss assessor Australian Accident Management Commercial (AAMC) hit by cyber breach | insuranceNEWS.com.au

Jul 25, 2019

Quote: Martin Firrell “Security is no replacement for liberty.”

Quote: Theodore Forstmann “The opposite of security is insecurity, and the only way to overcome insecurity is to take risks.”

Jul 7, 2019

Audit: Australia Post told to improve cyber security practices | iTnews

Incident: Geraldton’s Nagle Catholic College swept up in cyber attack targeting parent banking details | The West Australian

Jun 20, 2019

Incident: Specsavers says Qld customers’ private medical information may have been compromised | ABC News (Australia)

Quote: Mark Gough “Human security depends on a system where each rational individual calculates that it is more profitable not to rebel.”

May 24, 2019

Incident: Govt IT contractor charged over cryptocurrency mining – Security | iTnews

Quote: Henry Ford “The only real security that a man can have in this world is a reserve of knowledge, experience and ability.”

May 16, 2019

Incident: Australian Defence Force investigating a potential data breach | 7 NEWS Australia

Quote: Kahlil Gibran “If you reveal your secrets to the wind, you should not blame the wind for revealing them to the trees.”

Jan 18, 2019

Incident: AusTender becomes latest bait for phishers | iTnews

Incident: A Sydney woman who hacked an email account to steal $450,000 in cryptocurrency has been caught after a 9-month investigation | MSN Australia

Oct 26, 2018

Incident: ‘Scotty Doesn’t Know’: PM’s website plays lewd song after internet prank takeover | ABC News (Australia)

Oct 19, 2018

Incident: NSW Police dismantle online banking fraud ring | iTnews

Sep 19, 2018

Incident: Woolworths has tightened security around its loyalty program after 130 accounts were fraudulently accessed | NineMSN

Sep 13, 2018

Incident: Portal flaw leads to some NDIS users losing money | iTWire

Sep 11, 2018

Incident: Perth Mint customer data hacked | The West Australian

Sep 8, 2018

Incident: Double Header – Victorian Government’s Documents pulled from website as Hemsworth mother’s privacy reportedly breached and it does not get better | ABC Australia

Sep 7, 2018

Incident: Australian BPO firm Onehalf leaves data exposed on GitHub | iTWire

Report: NSW Government agency’s 49-day hack shows need for cyber security beef up: report on 2017 incident | ABC News (Australia)

May 2, 2018

Incident: Australia’s Largest Bank Lost The Personal Financial Histories Of 12 Million Customers | BuzzFeed

Incident: Email scammers steal almost $1 million from SA property buyers by posing as conveyancers | ABC News (Australia)

Oct 25, 2017

Incident: APNIC resets passwords after whois credentials leaked | iTnews

Oct 24, 2017

Incident: Domino’s customers complain of creepy scam emails | 9Finance

Oct 18, 2017

Incident: Cyber attack threatened WA astrophysicists’ shot at gravitational waves, colliding neutron stars | ABC News (Australia)

Oct 17, 2017

Incident: Corporate tech giant Accenture leaves secret data exposed to public internet | SMH

Incident: Amazing Rentals data breach in NT, Qld, prompts warning by Information Commissioner over identity theft | ABC News (Australia)

Sep 23, 2017

Incident: Queensland business loses $1.9M to cyber scam | ARN

Incident: Cyber attackers hacked a Broome camping store and big miners could be next, expert warns | ABC News (Australia)

Jul 19, 2017

Quote: Malcolm Turnbull “The laws of Mathematics will obey Australian Law”

Incident: Petya cyber attack- Global law firm DLA Piper – Ransomware virus hits computer servers across globe, Australian office affected | ABC News (Australia)

Jun 28, 2017

Incident: Petya cyber attack: Cadbury chocolate factory in Tasmania hit by ransomware | ABC News (Australia)

Jun 28, 2017

Incident: Qld ex-cop charged with 44 counts of database snooping | iTnews

Jun 28, 2017

Incident: Controversial security cameras in Moreton Bay have been compromised but Council will not provide details | ABC News (Australia)

Jun 23, 2017

Incident: Contractor spreads WannaCry to Vic traffic cameras | iTWire

Jun 22, 2017

Incident: Cosmetic surgery online mistake allows public viewing of women’s photos, private details | Daily Telegraph

Jun 3, 2017

Incident: Sydney startup Qnect hit by cyber attack as government commits $15 million in cyber security grants for SMEs | SmartCompany

Jun 1, 2017

Incident: Vic school IT breach after password theft | EducationHQ Australia

Quote: Bruce Schneier “There are two types of encryption: one that will prevent your sister from reading your diary and one that will prevent your government”

Mar 1, 2017

Incident: Particle accelerator hacked: Boffins’ hashed passwords beamed up | The Register

Feb 3, 2017

Quote: Bruce Schneier “More people are killed every year by pigs than by sharks, which shows you how good we are at evaluating risk”

Jan 29, 2017

Incident: Another child protection privacy breach names more than 30 kids in care | The Standard

Jan 24, 2017

Incident: Victorian Government apologises after thousands of gun owners’ personal details released in email error | ABC News (Australia)

Jan 18, 2017

Incident: Victorian Game Authority inadvertently emailed customer data to hunters | ZDNet

Jan 17, 2017

Incident: NAB sent customer data to domain name squatter, owner of adult websites | SMH

Jan 10, 2017

Quote: Bruce Schneier “I am regularly asked what the average Internet user can do to ensure his security. My first answer is usually ‘Nothing; you’re screwed'”

Jan 2, 2017

Incident: Personal details of thousands of residents revealed by Melbourne council in data breach | ABC News (Australia)

Quote: Malcolm Turnbull “A denial of service attack is as predictable for a site like this as the rain will fall one day or the sun will come up in the morning”

Aug 11, 2016

Quote: Bruce Schneier “If you think technology can solve your security problems, then you don’t understand the problems and you don’t understand the technology”

Aug 4, 2016

Incident: Dunlop’s Aussie site caught up in CryptXXX ransomware-spreading campaign | iTnews

Jul 20, 2016

Incident: Police probe real estate cyber attack on Australian real estate digital firm | Herald Sun

Jul 7, 2016

Quote: David Brin “When it comes to privacy and accountability, people always demand the former for themselves and the latter for everyone else”

Jul 7, 2016

Incident: Candidate hit by sexually explicit Facebook hack | The Chronicle

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NZ Incident: New Zealand's AA Traveler "@WeLoveNZ" data breach
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