AU Info and Cyber Security News Last Week 2023-03-13
Commentary: Well a bit of a change to a weekly format, monthly was too far out of date to be useful. The main news was the Federal Government with all things cyber and privacy policy, it will be interesting to see the scope of any changes. A few minor breaches and outages, ANZ forgot to shred customer information before they put it in the bin (score one for information security).
Data Protection Risks in a Data Driven Economy: Tougher enforcement of data privacy laws in the Asia-Pacific region
By Gretchen Su on Mar 12, 2023. The data privacy landscape in the Asia-Pacific region (APAC) has transformed significantly in the last two years. While it still remains a patchwork …
Privacy Reform is Here: It’s Time to get Your House in Order!
By Cameron Abbott on Mar 12, 2023. What you need to know Following a number of high-profile cyber incidents last year, the Australian Government (the Government) is proving that privacy …
Incident: ANZ bank apologises after customers’ personal information found in Perth skip bin | ABC News (Australia)
By Steven Kirby on Mar 10, 2023. Australian Physical Privacy Breach, 1 March 2023 ANZ bank apologises after customers’ personal information found in Perth skip bin It’s believed the …
Victoria Police to replace all Chinese-made cameras by end of 2024
By Broede Carmody on Mar 10, 2023. Victoria Police has confirmed it will replace all Chinese-made cameras by the end of next year amid a growing debate about how best to counter …
‘Millions had data stolen’: Australia years behind on cyber security
By Sky News Australia on Mar 10, 2023. Home Affairs Minister Clare O’Neil says Australia is five years behind on cyber security and “millions of Australians” had their data stolen from them.
Cyber security one of the ‘biggest threats’ to Australia’s defence and businesses
By Sky News Australia on Mar 10, 2023. Independent MP Allegra Spender says the government should be looking into banning TikTok on all government devices. “I take the reports coming out of the US…
ANZ customers’ personal information found discarded in rubbish bin | 9 News Australia
By 9 News Australia on Mar 10, 2023. The man who discovered confidential personal information from ANZ bank customers in a Perth rubbish skip said they should feel “outraged” by the privacy brea…
Australian government hosts a cyber security roundtable in Sydney | 7NEWS
By 7NEWS Australia on Mar 10, 2023. The federal government is following through on its goal to make Australia the most cyber secure country in the world by 2030. Anthony Albanese today announci…
Australian Government’s plan to crack down on cyber crime | 7NEWS
By 7NEWS Australia on Mar 10, 2023. A new cyber security agency will be established to crack down on hackers attempting to exploit vulnerable Australians. The federal government is overhauling …
Incident: Frontier Software breach spreads to NSW Health | iTnews
By Steven Kirby on Mar 10, 2023. Australian Ransomware Attack, 09 March 2022 Frontier Software 2021 breach spreads to NSW Health, now reported Frontier Software advised that payroll …
Failed switch caused Sydney Trains network outage
By Richard Chirgwin on Mar 09, 2023. Transport for NSW believes a failed network switch caused yesterday’s hour-long communications outage, compounded by the system’s failure to …
Frontier Software breach spreads to NSW Health
By Richard Chirgwin on Mar 09, 2023. NSW Health is the latest organisation to learn that it had data leaked in the Frontier Software data breach. In a recent FAQ posted to its website, …
Digital radio system outage halts Sydney trains
By Ry Crozier on Mar 09, 2023. A failure of the digital train radio system (DTRS) stopped trains from operating in the Sydney metropolitan area, as well as reportedly on intercity …
TikTok ‘admitted’ Australian user data is ‘accessible’ in China
By Peta Credlin on Mar 07, 2023. Shadow Cyber Security Minister James Paterson says the social media app company TikTok “admitted” to him via correspondence that Australian user data …
‘Pretty alarming’: Australian universities may be unknowingly training foreign hackers
By Sky News Australia on Mar 07, 2023. Cyber security experts are warning Australian universities may be unknowingly arming our adversaries with hacking skills. They say partnerships with …
Virgin Australia looks to strengthen its cyber security
By Kate Weber on Mar 07, 2023. Virgin Australia is building out its internal cyber security capability with a number of roles in a spectrum of infosec and compliance domains …
Companies not reporting cyber attacks to ASX, says UoW professor
By Richard Chirgwin on Mar 07, 2023. An economics professor researching the stock price impact of cyber incidents has made a startling discovery: only a minority of listed Australian …
NSW bug hunters turned up 22,000 vulnerabilities in gov computers in 2022
By Richard Chirgwin on Mar 07, 2023. Vulnerability hunters for the NSW state government turned up more than 22,000 vulnerabilities in NSW government systems last year, according to Cyber …
Small businesses could be forced to protect customers’ personal information, under government changes to Privacy Act
By By political reporter Nicole Hegarty on Mar 06, 2023. Small businesses with an annual turnover of $3 million or less — which are currently not required to protect your personal information or disclose …
Federal MP’s office allegedly email-bombed
By Staff Writer on Mar 06, 2023. A woman from Western Sydney is alleged by police to have sent 32,397 emails to the office of an unnamed federal MP over a 24-hour period, overloading …
Australian National Maritime Museum hit by alleged ‘trusted insider’ attack
By Ry Crozier on Mar 06, 2023. A third-party IT contractor working at the Australian National Maritime Museum allegedly accessed its accounting system and “illegally changed bank …
