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Incident: Air NZ Airpoints customers caught in phishing scam| Otago Daily Times
NZ Cyber Incident August 09 2019: Air New Zealand is telling Airpoints members some of their personal information has been caught in a phishing scam.
Incident: Auckland’s Rosehill College deletes pupils’ personal data from their own laptops | Stuff.co.NZ
NZ Cyber Incident August 08 2019: Rosehill College Auckland which requires pupilsĀ to buy their own digital devicesĀ has come under fire after all data wasĀ deleted from students’ laptopsĀ during a school-mandatedĀ software update.
Incident: TAFE NSW staff details stolen after computer systems allegedly hacked | 9News
August 08 2019: Around 30 employees have not been paid on time after having personal information stolen in what TAFE NSW said was a “targeted phishing attack”.
Incident: Thousands of Australian medical histories exposed in data breach | SMH
August 07 2019 Thousands of Australian medical histories exposed in data breach
Incident: Thieves steal laptops with 30 years of data from University of Western Australia | iTnews
July 28 2019 Privacy Data Breach UWA University of Western Australia, thieves steal laptops with 30 years of data
Incident: NAB reveals 13,000-person data breach at 6PM Friday | iTnews
July 26 2019 NAB National Australia Bank reveals 13000 person data breach
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Quotes and Wisdom
Quote: Martin Firrell “Security is no replacement for liberty.”
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.”
Quote: Data Security Quote Mashup
Quote: Susan Jeffers “.. security is not having things; itās handling things.ā
Quote: Mark Gough “Human security depends on a system where each rational individual calculates that it is more profitable not to rebel.”
Quote: Henry Ford “The only real security that a man can have in this world is a reserve of knowledge, experience and ability.”
