Australian Information Security Incident Reported: 2015 IS blamed for Sydney church website hack A Sydney church website has been restored after it was hijacked with the message: “Hacked by Islamic State”. Dec 03,...
Read MoreAustralian Information Security Incident Reported: 2014 “Obviously there were more than two reports in 2014, I was still learning about balance. I might go back and add a few if there is space between contacts.”...
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Immigration breached Privacy Act with data leak. Personal details of up to 10,000 exposed.
Read MoreAustralian Information Security Incident Reported: 2013 “The reports are only up to May 2013 and take up at the end of 2014 in the next report. I ran away to a tropical island to learn Stand Up Paddle Surfing and a bit...
Read MoreAustralian Information Security Incident Reported: 2012 Ransom racket hits Brisbane businesses More than 100 Queensland businesses may have fallen victim to hackers holding their computer files to ransom, police say. December...
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Less than half of respondents in a recent survey polling the logistics industry said they felt prepared to face a cyber security incident. • Tue, 25 … [...]
The conversation around securing connected devices in Australia is entering its next phase and smart product vendors and manufacturers are preparing … [...]
Key points NSW will make facial recognition technology mandatory for hotels and clubs with gaming machines, tied to a statewide exclusion register … [...]
From 10 December 2026, privacy policies will be required to include additional information about how APP entities use personal information in any … [...]
The Australian Privacy Commissioner has determined that Monash IVF and a telehealth company have interfered with the privacy of website visitors via … [...]
Prolific hacker 2019 claims hack of a luxury Kiwi real estate firm, but the company says the hacker is overstating the extent of the breach. • Mon, 24 … [...]
An Australian-first trial of live facial recognition technology in WA has led to 18 arrests in just seven days, but privacy experts are sounding the alarm. (Broadcast AUGUST 15, 2026) [...]
An update on last month's Origin Energy data breach, which impacted around 900 thousand customers. The company says 60 full bank account numbers and 100 identity document numbers were accessed, [...]
The theme for this year’s Scam Awareness Week – which runs from 24 to 28 August – is “No one’s just a number”, and that’s certainly true of the … [...]
Have I Been Pwned In August 2026, Australian beauty retailer Oz Hair and Beauty was the target of an xpl0itrs extortion attack. The group subsequently … [...]
Origin Energy says as many as 60 customers had their full bank account numbers accessed by a hacker in July. Last month, Origin confirmed a major … [...]
The Storm ransomware group claims to have hacked an Australian farm machinery supplier and has allegedly published customer data and vehicle … [...]