Category: Australian InfoSec Incident

Incident: Kununurra Department of Education worker charged with illegally accessing confidential information | The West Australian

by Steven Kirby | Jun 11, 2021 | Australian InfoSec Incidents 2021, Confidentiality, Education and Training, Insider Threat, Privacy Breach, The West Australian, Unauthorised Access, Western Australia | 0 |

Australian Unauthorised Access Incident June 2021: Western Australia – Kimberley – Kununurra Department of Education worker charged with illegally accessing confidential information. Charged after his office was raided by WA police last month

Incident: NSW Health confirms data breached due to Accellion vulnerability | ZDNet

by Steven Kirby | Jun 6, 2021 | Australian InfoSec Incidents 2021, Confidentiality, Medical and Health Care, New South Wales, Privacy Breach, Website Compromise, ZDNet | 0 |

Australian Vulnerability Incident June 2021: NSW Health is the latest Australian government entity to confirm being impacted by a vulnerability in the Accellion file transfer system. Different types of information, including identity information and in some cases, health-related personal information, were included in the attack.

Incident: Domain hit by cyber attack, warns users to be careful with rental inquiries | SMH

by Steven Kirby | May 20, 2021 | Australia, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2021, Confidentiality, Email Phishing, Phishing, Privacy Breach, Real Estate and Property Management, SMH - The Sydney Morning Herald | 0 |

Australian Real Estate Cyber Incident May 2021: Domain hit by cyber attack, warns users to be careful with rental inquiries. There is a risk that some of your personal information may have been accessed by an unauthorised third party.

Incident: UniSA locks down devices and Citrix solution after cyber attack | Arnet

by Steven Kirby | May 18, 2021 | Australian InfoSec Incidents 2021, Availability, Education and Training, In the Press, Outage, South Australia | 0 |

Australian University Incident May 2021. UniSA locks down devices and Citrix solution after cyber attack. A number of PCs and laptops have been disabled, while Citrix VA is now unavailable.

Incident: Service NSW worker corrupt: ICAC | AAP

by Steven Kirby | May 11, 2021 | Access Control, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2021, Confidentiality, Government Agency, Insider Threat, Integrity, New South Wales, Privacy Breach, State Government, The Canberra Times | 0 |

Australia Data Insider Access Incident May 2021: A Service NSW worker could face criminal charges involving accessing a restricted database. ICAC said, the agency had “misplaced confidence” in the effectiveness of its controls.

Incident: SA hospital staff put on alert after computer glitch adds digit to medication dosages | ABC News (Australia)

by Steven Kirby | May 7, 2021 | ABC News (Australia), Australian InfoSec Incidents 2021, Availability, Integrity, Medical and Health Care, South Australia, State Government | 0 |

Australia Medical System Incident May 2021: SA hospital staff put on alert after computer glitch adds digit to medication dosages. SA Health says it’s not aware of any “adverse clinical outcomes”

Incident: NSW Labor takes a hit from Windows Avaddon ransomware | iTwire

by Steven Kirby | May 5, 2021 | Australian InfoSec Incidents 2021, Availability, Confidentiality, Integrity, iTWire, New South Wales, Politician and Politics, Privacy Breach, Ransomware | 0 |

Australia Political Ransomware Attack May 2021: The NSW branch of the Labor Party appears to have suffered a Windows ransomware attack, with the Avaddon strain having been used to attack the party’s network. Photocopies of an Australian passport, a driver’s licence and a number of other documents have been posted online.

Incident: Telstra service provider Schepisi Communications hit by cyber attack as hackers claim SIM card information stolen | The Australian

by Steven Kirby | May 4, 2021 | Australian InfoSec Incidents 2021, Confidentiality, Privacy Breach, Telcommunications and Internet Service Provider, The Australian, Victoria | 0 |

Australia Telstra Provider Breach May 2021: Telstra service provider hit by cyber attack as hackers claim SIM card information stolen. Hackers have claimed they have gained access to “tens of thousands” of SIM cards after a cyber attack against an Australian telecom firm

Incident: Enterprises need to change passwords following ClickStudios, Passwordstate attack | ZDNet

by Steven Kirby | Apr 24, 2021 | Australia, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2021, Availability, Confidentiality, Integrity, IT Industry, Password Management, Privileged Account Management, ZDNet | 0 |

Australia Software Company Cyberattack April 2021: Enterprises need to change passwords following Australian privilege access management company ClickStudios, Passwordstate attack. Advises “please reset all the stored passwords, VPNs/Firewall/Switches, local accounts or any server passwords”

Incident: Swinburne University data breach exposes details of 5000 staff, students | iTnews

by Steven Kirby | Apr 16, 2021 | Australian InfoSec Incidents 2021, Confidentiality, Data Breach, Education and Training, iTnews, Privacy Breach, Victoria | 0 |

Australian University Data Breach April 2021: Melbourne’s Swinburne University data breach exposes details of 5000 staff, students. Swinburne says staff, student data has been leaking since 2013.

Incident: Ransomware attack to blame for Federal Group’s casino pokies outage in Tasmania | ABC News (Australia)

by Steven Kirby | Apr 12, 2021 | ABC News (Australia), Australian InfoSec Incidents 2021, Availability, Confidentiality, Integrity, Ransomware, Tasmania, Travel and Accommodation | 0 |

Australian Ransomware Attack April 2021: Ransomware attack to blame for Federal Group’s casino pokies outage in Tasmania has impacted gambling and hotel operations since April 3

Incident: Vodafone hit by nationwide 4G outage | iTNews

by Steven Kirby | Apr 9, 2021 | Australia, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2021, Availability, iTnews, Outage, Telcommunications and Internet Service Provider | 0 |

Australian Telco Outage April 2021: Vodafone Australia hit by nationwide 4G outage. Mobile data, voice services impacted for 10 hours.

Incident: Taylor’s Winery Targeted By Hackers | 5AU 97.9

by Steven Kirby | Mar 31, 2021 | Agriculture and Farming, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2021, Availability, Drop Bear, In the Press, Integrity, Ransomware, South Australia | 0 |

Australian Winery Ransomware Attack March 2021: Taylor’s Estate Winery Targeted By Hackers. South Australia Clare Valley winery was hit by a ransomware attack, incapacitating the business.

Incident: Channel Nine confirms live broadcasts disrupted by cyber attack | ABC News (Australia)

by Steven Kirby | Mar 29, 2021 | ABC News (Australia), Australian InfoSec Incidents 2021, Availability, Integrity, New South Wales, News Film and Media, Ransomware | 0 |

Australian Media Ransomware Attack March 2021: Channel Nine confirms live broadcasts disrupted by cyber attack, warns ransomware recovery ‘will take time’.

Incident: Melbourne’s Eastern Health hit by suspected cyber attack | iTnews

by Steven Kirby | Mar 18, 2021 | Australian InfoSec Incidents 2021, Availability, iTnews, Medical and Health Care, State Government, Victoria | 0 |

Australian Hospital Cyber Attack March 2021: Melbourne’s Eastern Health hit by suspected cyber attack. Many systems still offline which includes the Box Hill and Maroondah Hospitals.

Incident: Ex-worker who was investigated over child sex offences accessed sensitive data 260 times in major breach | ABC News (Australia)

by Steven Kirby | Mar 13, 2021 | ABC News (Australia), Access Control, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2021, Confidentiality, Privacy Breach, State Government, Victoria | 0 |

Australian Privacy Breach March 2021: Ex-worker who was investigated over child sex offences accessed sensitive data 260 times including after leaving the job. Child welfare advocates say unauthorised data access puts children at risk.

Incident: Checking accounts – FWC upholds dismissal of ANZ banker who accessed private info about a colleague and celebrity | SmartCompany

by Steven Kirby | Mar 4, 2021 | Access Control, Australia, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2021, Banking and Finance, Confidentiality, Insider Threat, Privacy, Privacy Breach, SmartCompany | 0 |

Australian Insider Privacy Breach March 2021: Australian Fair Work Commission upholds dismissal of ANZ banker who accessed private info about a colleague and celebrity. ANZ did not accept the employee’s explanation and terminated her employment immediately.

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What caused the IT outage that hit Australia's big banks? | ABC News
The company behind yesterday's IT outage that hit most of Australia's big banks says a technical problem was responsible for… Read more »
Published: June 18, 2021 - 5:10 pm
Akamai apologises after outage left Australia's major banks and airline systems offline | ZDNet
A cyber attack was not the cause behind an Akamai outage that took down the systems of Commonwealth Bank of… Read more »
Published: June 18, 2021 - 11:34 am
Serious privacy problems found in most health apps
A large-scale investigation of mobile health apps available in Australia and worldwide suggests that many contain serious privacy issues, with… Read more »
Published: June 18, 2021 - 8:38 am
Major banks' online services, airline systems go down
Major banks’ internet services and payment terminals, as well as websites for other major brands, went offline on Thursday afternoon… Read more »
Published: June 18, 2021 - 8:36 am
SA govt appoints new CISO from within
The SA government has found its new permanent chief information security officer from within after the top job was vacated… Read more »
Published: June 17, 2021 - 12:49 pm
Police accidentally gave domestic violence victim's phone data to her attacker | 7.30
For victims of domestic violence the police are often the first people to whom they turn. For Sydney woman Sophie… Read more »
Published: June 17, 2021 - 1:37 am
Police accessed Safe WA data despite promises it was only for contact tracing. | ABC News
After promises personal details on the Safe WA app would be confidential, it's been revealed police have used the data… Read more »
Published: June 17, 2021 - 1:35 am
UnitingCare Queensland restores key systems after ransomware attack
UnitingCare Queensland said it has restored its "key corporate systems" and re-enabled "many" integrations between systems following a ransomware … Read more »
Published: June 16, 2021 - 9:14 pm
Dealing with cyber criminals: Some NZ businesses 'feel they have no choice but to pay'
An increasing number of New Zealand businesses are paying ransoms to cyber criminals. The founder of forensic technology and cybersecurity… Read more »
Published: June 16, 2021 - 1:13 pm
channelnews : PM Tosses Cyber Attack Hat Into British Spy Arena
After wrapping up the G7 leaders summit in London, PM Scott Morrison has met with British intelligence officials, to discuss… Read more »
Published: June 16, 2021 - 1:09 pm

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