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NZ Incident: New Zealand’s AA Traveler “@WeLoveNZ” data breach
by Steven Kirby | May 13, 2022 | Australian InfoSec Incidents 2021, Banking and Finance, Confidentiality, Data Breach, 🥝 NZ Incidents, New Zealand, SMH - The Sydney Morning Herald | 0 |
New Zealand Data Breach May 2022: Vulnerability in @WeLoveNZ database causes data breach at New Zealand’s AA Traveller; names, email address, passwords and phone numbers compromised
Read MoreIncident: Charges over Victoria Police data breach | 7News
by Steven Kirby | Dec 21, 2021 | 07.01.02 Terms and conditions of employment, 07.02.02 Information security awareness, education and training, 12.04 Logging and monitoring, 7 NEWS Australia, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2021, Insider Threat, Law & Legal, Policing and Law Enforcement, State Government, Victoria | 0 |
Australian Insider Threat December 2021: Charges over Victoria Police data breach. Accessing police information, disclosing police information, and intentionally communicating protected information.
Read MoreIncident: Coles, Westpac, AMP and Department of Defence caught up in ‘significant’ data breach of Finite Recruitment | ABC News (Australia)
by Steven Kirby | Dec 18, 2021 | 12.06 Technical vulnerability management, ABC News (Australia), Australia, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2021, Confidentiality, Human Resources, Privacy Breach, SaaS - Software as a Service, Services | 0 |
Australian Recruitment Ransomware Incident December 2021: Coles, Westpac, AMP and Department of Defence caught up in ‘significant’ data breach of Finite Recruitment. Conti claims to have stolen more than 300 gigabytes of data in this attack.
Read MoreIncident: Tens of thousands locked out of ATO Online accounts after payroll hack | iTnews
by Steven Kirby | Dec 17, 2021 | 12.02 Protection from Malware, Australia, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2021, Availability, Federal Government, iTnews, Ransomware, SaaS - Software as a Service | 0 |
Australian Government Payroll Outage December 2021: Tens of thousands locked out of ATO Online accounts after payroll hack. Linked to ransomware attack on major payroll software provider Frontier Software last month.
Read MoreIncident: NSW government casual recruiter suffers ransomware hit | ZDNet
by Steven Kirby | Dec 17, 2021 | 12.06 Technical vulnerability management, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2021, Availability, Confidentiality, New South Wales, Privacy Breach, SaaS - Software as a Service, Services, State Government, ZDNet | 0 |
Australian Ransomware Incident December 2021: NSW government casual recruiter Finite Recruitment suffers Conti ransomware hit. Attackers claimed to have stolen more than 300GB of financial and personal data.
Read MoreIncident: Cyber criminals force shutdown of NSW budgeting system | Australian Financial Review (AFR)
by Steven Kirby | Dec 16, 2021 | 12.06 Technical vulnerability management, Australian Financial Review (AFR), Australian InfoSec Incidents 2021, Availability, New South Wales, SaaS - Software as a Service, Services, State Government | 0 |
Australian Cyber Security Incident December 2021: Cyber criminals force shutdown of New South Wales’ Prime/Oracle based budgeting system. The problem is part of a worldwide vulnerability identified in Log4j.
Read MoreIncident: Personal details of up to 80,000 SA government employees accessed in cyber attack | ABC News (Australia)
by Steven Kirby | Dec 10, 2021 | 12.02 Protection from Malware, ABC News (Australia), Australian InfoSec Incidents 2021, Confidentiality, Integrity, Privacy Breach, SaaS - Software as a Service, Services, South Australia, State Government, Utilities | 0 |
Australian State Government Ransomware Attack December 2021: Up to 80000 South Australian Government employee data stolen in Frontier Software ransomware attack. Data accessed include names, dates of birth, tax file numbers, addresses, bank account details and pay details (remuneration, tax withheld, superannuation contributions).
Read MoreIncident: NSW iVote fails during local council elections | ZDNet
by Steven Kirby | Dec 6, 2021 | 12.01.03 Capacity management, 17 Information security aspects of business continuity management, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2021, Availability, New South Wales, State Government, ZDNet | 0 |
Australian Voting Outage December 2021: New South Wales’ iVote online voting system failed on Saturday during the state’s local government elections. Update: NSWEC finds iVote system failure may have impacted three local election outcomes.
Read MoreIncident: Queensland’s CS Energy has its corporate systems infected by ransomware | iTnews
by Steven Kirby | Nov 30, 2021 | 12.02 Protection from Malware, Australia, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2021, Availability, Integrity, iTnews, Queensland, Utilities | 0 |
Australian Energy Provider Ransomware Attack November 2021. Queensland’s CS Energy has its corporate systems infected by ransomware. The incident has not impacted electricity generation.
Read MoreIncident: Australia’s Copyright Agency investigates cyber incident | iTnews
by Steven Kirby | Nov 22, 2021 | Australia, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2021, Confidentiality, Federal Government, Government Agency, iTnews | 0 |
Australian Copyright Agency Cyber Incident November 2021: Agency investigates cyber incident and notifies 37,000-plus member.
Read MoreIncident: Cyber attack affects Federal Group payroll system but staff will still be paid | ABC News (Australia)
by Steven Kirby | Nov 17, 2021 | ABC News (Australia), Australian InfoSec Incidents 2021, Confidentiality, Entertainment and Events, Integrity, SaaS - Software as a Service | 0 |
Australian Group Ransomware Attack November 2021. Cyber attack affects Federal Group payroll system but staff will still be paid. Tasmania’s largest private sector employer has been affected by a cyber attack for the second time this year.
Read MoreIncident: Chris 21 payroll software provider hit by suspected ransomware attack | iTnews
by Steven Kirby | Nov 17, 2021 | 12.02 Protection from Malware, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2021, Availability, Human Resources, Integrity, iTnews, SaaS - Software as a Service, Services | 0 |
Australian Ransomware Attack November 2021. Frontier Software provider of Chris 21 payroll software hit by suspected ransomware attack. The cyber attack left 330 employers without automated payroll.
Read MoreIncident: Queensland water supplier Sunwater targeted by hackers in months-long undetected cyber security breach | ABC News (Australia)
by Steven Kirby | Nov 11, 2021 | 12.06 Technical vulnerability management, ABC News (Australia), Australian InfoSec Incidents 2021, Critical Infrastructure, Hacked, Integrity, Queensland, State Government, Utilities | 0 |
Australian Water Utility Hacked November 2021: Queensland water supplier Sunwater targeted by hackers in months-long undetected cyber security breach. A Queensland Audit Office report found “threat actors” had targeted an older, more vulnerable version of the system.
Read MoreIncident: SA Ambulance Service patients’ personal information stolen from consultancy firm | ABC News (Australia)
by Steven Kirby | Nov 10, 2021 | 08.03 Media handling, ABC News (Australia), Australian InfoSec Incidents 2021, Confidentiality, Medical and Health Care, Privacy Breach, South Australia, State Government | 0 |
Australian Health Services Privacy Breach November 2021: South Australia Ambulance Service patients’ personal information stolen from consultancy firm. The personal details of 28,000 patients have been lost on a stolen a storage device.
Read MoreIncident: NSW Education department hit by cyber attack | iTnews
by Steven Kirby | Jul 8, 2021 | Australian InfoSec Incidents 2021, Availability, Education and Training, iTnews, New South Wales, State Government | 0 |
Australian Education Cyber Attack July 2021: NSW Education department hit by cyber attack just days before school term resumes. The attack had forced it to deactivate “a number of internal systems as a precaution.
Read MoreIncident: Uniting Communities investigating possible data breach amid ‘cyber incident’ | ABC News (Australia)
by Steven Kirby | Jun 16, 2021 | ABC News (Australia), Australian InfoSec Incidents 2021, Availability, Medical and Health Care, South Australia | 0 |
Australian Healthcare Cyber Incident June 2021 – Uniting Communities investigating possible data breach amid ‘cyber incident’, access to some of its technology systems had been blocked.
Read MoreIncident: 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
Read MoreIncident: 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.
Read MoreIncident: 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.
Read MoreIncident: 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.
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