Category: Australian InfoSec Incidents 2017

Australian Privacy Breach, November 23 2020 Bugged lawyers’ conversations available to Victorian police thanks to ‘IT error’ The massive breach of the … Read more »

APRA has unveiled a new cyber security strategy and flagged it will step up its review of current cyber compliance, holding boards accountable for … Read more »

The Department did not know if inappropriate or unauthorised changes were made to information stored in the System The security of electronic records … Read more »

It has been yet another tumultuous quarter for New Zealanders and their wallets, with almost $6.4 million in reported financial losses due to … Read more »

New Zealand’s nationally significant organisations have faced at least 352 cyber incidents in the 2019/2020 year, but the dangers are far from … Read more »

Former Solicitor-General for Western Australia has been acting in an oversight role since July. Australian Attorney-General Christian Porter announced … Read more »

Australia's cybersecurity experts are aiming to tackle an issue plaguing the industry worldwide — the perception that what they do is a "boy … Read more »

It seems like a life time ago, but there was a period during 2020 when many people were worried TikTok was a national security risk to Australia. To … Read more »

Australian Audit Report November 25 2020 Major NSW govt agencies still without disaster recovery plans for all systems Auditor finds at least seven … Read more »

Australian Ransomware Attack, November 24 2020 Law In Order hit by Netwalker ransomware attack Service provider to the legal sector may have lost some … Read more »

A statement from Mastercard said the service had been extended this month to verify credentials for students who were taking exams online. Secure … Read more »

The head of the Australian Defence Force’s information warfare division has called it quits after more than three years in the role. Major General … Read more »

QR codes are coming to a COVID-era South Australia, but legal experts are wary of the potential consequences. The codes are used to register entry at … Read more »

He pointed to security incidents involving companies, including those in financial services, as justification for the decision, saying the rise of … Read more »

The six agencies are the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation, the Australian Secret Intelligence Service, the Australian Signals … Read more »

Australian executives really don’t know what risks they’re facing, and their companies could be taken out by cyber-attackers they underestimate, says … Read more »

The warning from the consumer watchdog ACCC’s Scamwatch service reports that it has received over 12,000 reports of online shopping scams so far this … Read more »

One or more of Australia’s key intelligence and security agencies “incidentally” collected data relating to the COVIDSafe contact tracing app in its … Read more »

As Jane Fleming lit the candles on her son's birthday cake, she was preoccupied with a substantial sum of missing money — $51,000 to be precise. Key … Read more »

The au Domain Administration, the organisation that administers the Australian domain namespace, says rules for the com.au, net.au, org.au and asn.au … Read more »