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Incident: A major hack at one of NSW’s largest drug rehabilitation services, Adele House has left hundreds of patients at risk | The Australian
Australian Medical Data Breach November 2019: A hack at one of NSW’s largest drug rehabilitation services, Adele House has left hundreds of patients at risk.
Incident: Two Sydney women charged over $500,000 BEC scam | iTnews
Australian Cyber Crime November 2019: Two Sydney women have been charged over their alleged involvement in a $500,000 business email compromise scam.
NZ Incident: Financial Markets Authority apologises for privacy breach | FMA
NZ Privacy Breach 7 November 2019. New Zealand’s Financial Markets Authority apologises for privacy breach where complaints documents were potentially accessible via internet.
Incident: Hobart man pleads guilty to stalking and controlling ex-girlfriend’s car with his computer | ABC News (Australia)
Australian Cyber Stalking November 2019: Hobart man pleads guilty to stalking and controlling ex-girlfriend’s car with his computer. He downloaded and set up an online application that gave him control over the stop and start function of his ex-lover’s car and allowed him to track her movements.
Incident: Monash IVF patients receive bogus emails after ‘malicious cyber attack’ on fertility company | ABC News (Australia)
Australian Medical Data Breach and Cyber Fraud November 2019: Australian medical group Monash IVF patients receive bogus emails after ‘malicious cyber attack’ on fertility company.
Quote: Edward Snowden “It is not data that is being exploited, it’s people that are people exploited.”
Security Quote: Edward Snowden “Data isn’t harmless, data isn’t abstract when it’s about people. Almost all the data being collected today is about people. It is not data that is being exploited, it’s people that are people exploited. It’s not data in networks being influences or manipulated, it is you being manipulated.”
Incident: Cyber criminals hack Perth Anaesthetic Group hospital and steal patients’ personal information in terrifying security breach | Daily Mail Australia
Australian DataBreach CyberCrime November 2019: Cyber criminals hack Perth Anaesthetic Group hospital and steal patients’ personal information in terrifying security breach. Several patients were sent fake invoices from the hackers demanding payments.
Incident: Victorian man arrested over multiple DDoS attacks | iTnews
Australian DDoS Attack Arrest October 2019: Victorian man arrested over multiple DDoS attacks against a telecommunications business and a large shopping complex.
Incident: Thousands of Optus mobile numbers mistakenly published in White Pages | Brisbane Times
Australian Privacy Breach Incident October 2019: Tens of thousands of Australian Optus customers have had their mobile phone numbers and addresses mistakenly published online.
Incident: 7-Eleven fuel app data breach exposes users’ personal details | The Guardian
Australian App Privacy Breach October 2019: 7-Eleven fuel app data breach exposes users’ personal details, users were able to see other customers’ data, including names, dates of birth and mobile numbers.
Incident: Cyber scare shuts down hospital IT systems in rural north-east Victoria | Brisbane Times
Australian Virus/Malware Incident October 2019: Australian Virus/Malware Incident October 2019: A number of rural Victorian health services in the state’s north-east were forced to shut down their IT systems due to a malware virus.
Incident: Doctor, patient details allegedly stolen in CSL Behring Australia espionage scandal | SMH
Australian Former Employee Data Breach 18 October 2019: CSL Behring has filed a lawsuit against a former employee, claiming he stole sensitive information with the intention of passing it on to his new company Pharming.

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The Privacy Commissioner's Office has a wide range of functions. Some of these include investigating complaints about breaches of privacy, running education programmes, and examining proposed legislation and how it may affect individual privacy.
Quote: Edward Snowden “It is not data that is being exploited, it’s people that are people exploited.”
Security Quote: Edward Snowden “Data isn’t harmless, data isn’t abstract when it’s about people. Almost all the data being collected today is about people. It is not data that is being exploited, it’s people that are people exploited. It’s not data in networks being influences or manipulated, it is you being manipulated.”
Quote: Stephane Nappo “A weak digital security can jeopardize a robust physical safety.”
Security Quote: Stephane Nappo “A weak digital security can jeopardize a robust physical safety.”
Quote: Joseph Wood Krutch “Security depends not so much upon how much you have, as upon how much you can do without.”
Security Quote: Joseph Wood Krutch “Security depends not so much upon how much you have, as upon how much you can do without.”
Quote: Martin Firrell “Security is no replacement for liberty.”
Digital Rights Quote: Martin Firrell “Security is no replacement for liberty.”
Quote: William Shakespeare “Security is the chief enemy of mortals.”
Quote: William Shakespeare “Security is the chief enemy of mortals.”
Quote: Theodore Forstmann “The opposite of security is insecurity, and the only way to overcome insecurity is to take risks.”
"The opposite of security is insecurity, and the only way to overcome insecurity is to take risks."Theodore Forstmann Privacy Breaches, Data Breaches, Hacked, Insiders, Poor Data Handling, Australian OnlyAustralian Only - Reported adverse audit findings reported in...
Quote: Data Security Quote Mashup
Data Security Mashup: Most organisations look at data as an asset, not a liability. If you don’t store it you can’t loose it.
Quote: Susan Jeffers “.. security is not having things; it’s handling things.”
".. security is not having things; it’s handling things.”" - Susan Jeffers, Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway