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Incident: Transport for NSW data stolen in Accellion breach | iTnews

Posted by Steven Kirby | Feb 25, 2021 | Australia, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2021, Confidentiality, Data Breach, iTnews, New South Wales, Privacy, Transport and Logistics, Vulnerability | 0 |

Australian Transport Data Breach February 2021: Transport for NSW data stolen in Accellion breach. Some information had been exfiltrated from its systems before the attack was noticed and halted.

Incident: Melbourne’s RMIT University suspends classes after suffering IT outage | ABC News (Australia)

Posted by Steven Kirby | Feb 19, 2021 | ABC News (Australia), Australian InfoSec Incidents 2021, Availability, Education and Training, Email Phishing, Phishing, Victoria | 0 |

Australian Education Outage February 2021: Melbourne’s RMIT University suspends classes after suffering IT outage. Reportedly the significant cyber attack was caused by a phishing scam.

Incident: QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute caught up in Accellion breach | iTnews

Posted by Steven Kirby | Feb 11, 2021 | Australia, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2021, Confidentiality, Data Breach, iTnews, Medical and Health Care, Privacy, Vulnerability | 0 |

Australian Clinical Data Breach February 2021. QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute caught up in Accellion breach with 620MB of the data appearing to have been accessed on 25 December

Incident: Medicinal cannabis company Cann Group loses $3.6 million in “sophisticated” cyber attack | SmartCompany

Posted by Steven Kirby | Feb 9, 2021 | Agriculture and Farming, Australia, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2021, Email Spear Phing and Business Email Compromise (BEC), Integrity, Medical and Health Care, SmartCompany | 0 |

Australian Cybercrime February 2021: Medicinal cannabis company Cann Group loses $3.6 million in “sophisticated” cyber attack. Experienced a major cyber security incident involving a third party that stole $3.6 million in transactions meant for a contractor.

Incident: Oxfam Australia investigates suspected data breach | iTnews

Posted by Steven Kirby | Feb 5, 2021 | Australia, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2021, Charities and Not For Profit, Confidentiality, Data Breach, iTnews, Privacy Breach | 0 |

Australian Charity Data Breach February 2021: Oxfam Australia investigates suspected data breach that allegedly impacted the data of 1.7 million supporters

Incident: Double blow: new data breach hits stranded Australians as Emirates suspends flights out of UK | The Guardian

Posted by Steven Kirby | Jan 29, 2021 | Australia, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2021, Confidentiality, Data Handling, Email, Federal Government, Privacy, Privacy Breach, The Guardian | 0 |

Australian Government Privacy Breach January 2021: Double blow: new data breach hits stranded Australians as Emirates suspends flights out of UK. Government admits inadvertently emailing revealing sensitive details of passengers booked on a repatriation flight from London