Select Page

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

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

Australian Information Security Incident Reported: June 20 2019

A West Australian school has been swept up in a “highly sophisticated” cyber security attack, understood to have scooped up the banking details of parent and guardians.

It’s understood a “significant amount of data” was taken from “institutions with a profile in financial services”, including Nagle Catholic College in Geraldton.

This leaked information could have included information relating to bank accounts, credit cards and signatures for the payment of school fees.

Source: Geraldton’s Nagle Catholic College swept up in cyber attack targeting parent banking details

About The Author

Steven Kirby

I provide independent and practical consultancy services through raising awareness and fostering the energy for change that delivers improved business management of information security governance, risk and compliance.

Leave a Reply

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

More Australian News

Weekly Australian News and Monthly Incident Review Emails

No advertisements, marketing, sales, or unsolicited emails. Your email address is ONLY used to send the publications listed above.

* indicates required


Shares
Share This