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Incident: NSW Education department hit by cyber at...

Posted by Steven Kirby | Jul 8, 2021 | Australian InfoSec Incidents 2021, Availability, Education and Training, iTnews, New South Wales, State Government | 0 |

Incident: Queensland Police Service apologises to ...

Posted by Steven Kirby | Jan 14, 2021 | ABC News (Australia), Australian InfoSec Incidents 2021, Confidentiality, Data Breach, Email, Policing and Law Enforcement, Privacy Breach, Queensland, State Government | 0 |

Incident: Queensland’s CS Energy has its corporate systems infected by ransomware | iTnews

by Steven Kirby | Nov 30, 2021 | 12.2 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.

Incident: 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.

Incident: 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 | 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.

Incident: Chris 21 payroll software provider hit by suspected ransomware attack | iTnews

by Steven Kirby | Nov 17, 2021 | 12.2 Protection from Malware, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2021, Availability, Human Resources, Integrity, iTnews, 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.

Incident: Queensland water supplier Sunwater targeted by hackers in months-long undetected cyber security breach | ABC News (Australia)

by Steven Kirby | Nov 11, 2021 | 12.6 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.

Incident: SA Ambulance Service patients’ personal information stolen from consultancy firm | ABC News (Australia)

by Steven Kirby | Nov 10, 2021 | 8.3 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.

Incident: 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.

Incident: 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.

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”

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