AU Info and Cyber Security News Last Week 2023-04-17
Reports from 10th April – 17th April
Commentary: Last week the deeps of the Latitude (Coles and GEMoney) and Tasmanian Government (GoAnywhere) breaches kept the news feeds busy. Another insider unauthorised access incident led to criminal charges relating to kidnapping. The general themes of stories we third-party risk management and unnecessary retention of data.
Incident: Woman charged with accessing private data on NSW gov computer | iTnews
By Steven Kirby on Apr 16, 2023 Australian Unauthorised Access Incident, 13 April 2023 Woman charged with accessing private data on NSW gov computer Personal data which was shared …
Incident: Coles confirms its customers impacted by Latitude Financial data breach | ABC News (Australia)
By Steven Kirby on Apr 16, 2023 Australian Retail Third-Party Breach, 15 April 2023 Coles confirms its customers impacted by Latitude Financial data breach Coles says it has not been …
St John Ambulance NSW upgrades IT security
By Jeremy Nadel on Apr 13, 2023 St John Ambulance NSW is using a Microsoft Sentinel-powered managed detection and response service to boost the security of its cloud-based …
Coles disappointed over Latitude credit card breach
By Anonymous on Apr 15, 2023 Coles Financial Services has expressed its disappointment after being alerted that historical customer credit card details were stolen in the …
More overseas companies to be subject to the Australian Privacy Act – Knowledge – Clayton Utz
By Anonymous on Apr 15, 2023 Overseas companies are now more likely than ever to be subject to the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) following legislative amendments which were enacted late …
Personal data of former GE Money customers likely affected by Latitude Financial data breach
By By business reporter Kate Ainsworth on Apr 14, 2023 Roughly 14 million customer records stolen from Latitude Financial could be posted to the dark web after the personal finance company refused to pay …
Local lessons in US plan to shift cyber burdens
By Joseph Brookes Senior Reporter on Apr 14, 2023 The new US national cyber strategy is shifting burdens and liabilities away from end users towards vendors and manufacturers. An expert cyber advisor …
Australian homes targeted in cyberattacks every two days warns Trend Micro report
By David M Williams on Apr 14, 2023 Attention Australians! Your personal data might be at risk. A report by Trend Micro reveals 75.2% of its Australian Identity Protection users were …
Cyber criminals release 16,000 stolen government documents – Government News
By Judy Skatssoon on Apr 14, 2023 Cyber criminals have released around 16,000 documents containing personal financial information stolen from a third party transfer service used by …
Lagging regulations frustrate organisations already struggling to protect data from cyber attacks
By Peter Gearin on Apr 14, 2023 Almost two-thirds of companies say they could not last longer than five days if a cyber attack restricted their access to critical data. Only …
Australian Information Commissioner warns organisations against ‘over collection’ of personal information
By Anonymous on Apr 14, 2023 The Office of Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) says “Don’t overdo it”, cautioning organisations against the excessive collection of …
Survey echoes Home Affairs Minister’s warnings of cyber vulnerabilities
By Andrew McLaughlin on Apr 14, 2023 Home Affairs and Cyber Security Minister Clare O’Neil says Australian are starting to sit up and take notice of cyber threats. Photo: Facebook.A …
The 17-year-old hacker helping organisations stay safe from cybercrime
By By Rhiannon Shine on Apr 14, 2023 As a fresh-faced teen preparing to sit his Year 12 exams, Jackson Henry is not what most people might imagine when they hear the word “hacker”. He is …
Calls for cyber security boost in federal budget
By Anonymous on Apr 14, 2023 Stronger cyber security measures for small and medium-sized businesses should be part of the federal budget following a raft of online attacks, an …
Latitude data breach – lessons in how to follow your cybersecurity compass
By Macpherson Kelley on Apr 13, 2023 It seems that every other week reports sweep the nation of hackers exposing gaps in companies’ security networks to gain access to customers’ …
Corporate 5 Minute Fix 01: ASIC’s cyber crackdown: non-compliant listed entities beware of hefty fines for cyber incident disclosures
By Liz Humphry on Apr 13, 2023 ASIC has issued a stern warning to listed entities regarding their continuous disclosure obligations in the event of a material cyber security …
Woman charged with accessing private data on NSW gov computer
By Staff Writer on Apr 13, 2023 NSW Police has charged a woman with accessing information in a government computer to aid a crime. The woman was arrested yesterday by state crime …
Westpac looks to security use cases for ChatGPT
By Kate Weber on Apr 13, 2023 Westpac’s cyber security teams are factoring ChatGPT’s capabilities into their thinking and planning as the bank explores possible use cases for the …
Consumer advocates reject media calls to preserve exemptions to Australian privacy law
By Paul Karp Chief political correspondent on Apr 11, 2023 Consumer digital rights advocates have rejected media companies’ call to preserve their exemption to privacy law, warning that commercial models should not be put ahead of public interest. Peter Lewis, the director of the Australia Institute’s Centre for Responsible Technology, said it was …
Tasmanian cyber attack grabs TasTafe, Teachers Registration Board data
By By Rebecca Hewett on Apr 11, 2023 Tasmania’s Tafe system, the state’s Teachers Registration Board and the office of the Commissioner for Children and Young People have been caught up …
Latitude Financial will not pay ransom to cyber hackers as millions of customer records compromised
By By business reporter Stephanie Chalmers on Apr 11, 2023 Latitude Financial will not pay a ransom to those behind a cyber attack, as the details from 14 million customer records remain at risk of being …
Program aims to increase cyber workforce
By Gordon Peters on Apr 11, 2023 A new program backed by the Federal Government and aimed at increasing Australia’s cyber workforce and its diversity by at least 100 people by 2024 …
Dodgy scam targets staff members at organisations with email claiming to be from the CEO, but it’s a ‘STAFF SURPRISE’ SCAM
By Alex Zaharov-Reutt on Apr 11, 2023 About an hour ago, I received an email, purporting to be from iTWire’s CEO and Editor-in-Chief, Andrew Matler, wanting ME to buy gift cards on his …
TPG Telecom launches “full-scale” data handling review
By Ry Crozier on Apr 11, 2023 TPG Telecom is in the midst of a “full-scale” internal review of its customer data “handling, storage and purging” practices. The telco disclosed the …
Live updates: Latitude Financial receives ransom demand from criminals behind cyber attack, ASX to open slightly higher
By By business reporter Kate Ainsworth on Apr 11, 2023 Here’s how things are looking at 7:40am AEST By Kate Ainsworth Latitude Financial receives ransom demand by company behind cyber attack 19m agoMon 10 …
‘Consider what damage could be caused’: Government launches cyber ‘war games’ for major banks
By Matthew Knott on Apr 11, 2023 The nation’s biggest banks and financial services companies will be summoned to a series of unprecedented war-gaming exercises to test how they would …
Media companies slam proposed reforms to Australian privacy laws
By Paul Karp Chief political correspondent on Apr 10, 2023 Media companies have rejected a proposal to reform Australian privacy law, warning that the changes – including a right to sue outlets for serious invasions of privacy – are not in the public interest and would harm press freedom. The Right to Know coalition warns the attorney general’s department’s …
Tas gov says 16,000 documents leaked in GoAnywhere breach
By Ry Crozier on Apr 10, 2023 The Tasmanian government said around 16,000 financial invoices and statements issued by the department of education had been lost and leaked in its …
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