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Incident: Vic councils’ after-hours call answering service breached – iTnews
by Steven Kirby | Apr 22, 2024 | Australia, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2024, Confidentiality, iTnews, Local Government, Managed Services Provider, Ransomware | 0 |
Australian Councils Ransomware Attack, 22 April 2024: Victorian councils’ OracleCMS after-hours call answering service breached. Provider, OracleCMS hacked by Lockbit with around 50 clients’ data compromised.
Read MoreIncident: 300GB allegedly stolen from Australian immigration consultancy – cyberdaily.au
by Steven Kirby | Apr 8, 2024 | Australia, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2024, Confidentiality, cyberdaily.au, Education and Training, Ransomware, Travel and Accommodation | 0 |
Australian Ransomware Attack, 08 April 2024: Australia-based global immigration and education consultancy firm Aussizz Group has been listed on the dark web leak site. 300GB allegedly stolen by DragonForce ransomware gang.
Read MoreIncident: Diabetes Western Australia reveals data breach – iTnews
by Steven Kirby | Apr 4, 2024 | Australian InfoSec Incidents 2024, Confidentiality, iTnews, Medical and Health Care, Password, Western Australia | 0 |
Australian Medical Centre Breach, 04 April 2024: Diabetes WA has disclosed a data breach affecting people who engaged with its telehealth service. Breach via one compromised Diabetes WA user account.
Read MoreIncident: Football Australia data breach reportedly exposes contracts, passports, and ticket information | ABC News Australia
by Steven Kirby | Feb 1, 2024 | ABC News (Australia), Australia, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2024, Confidentiality, Password Management, Sporting and Recreation | 0 |
Australian Football Breach, 1 February 2024: Football Australia data breach reportedly exposes contracts, passports, and ticket information. Plain-text digital “keys” in the publicly accessible code, access to 127 digital storage containers.
Read MoreIncident: Patient data hacked at Crace Medical Centre in Canberra
by Steven Kirby | Jan 18, 2024 | Australian Capital Territory, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2024, Confidentiality, Medical and Health Care | 0 |
Australian Medical Centre Breach, 18 January a2024: Patient data hacked at Crace Medical Centre in Canberra. Crace has not disclosed any details about the attack nor the number of affected individuals.
Read MoreIncident: Victorian print music giant Hal Leonard Australia falls victim to Qilin ransomware | cyberdaily.au
by Steven Kirby | Jan 15, 2024 | Australian InfoSec Incidents 2024, Confidentiality, cyberdaily.au, Data Breach, Privacy Breach, Ransomware, Retail, Victoria | 0 |
Australian Retailer Ransomware Breach, 15 January 2024: Qilin ransomware gang has shared 37.6 gigabytes of data belonging to Victorian print music company Hal Leonard Australia. Hal Leonard given a week to pay an undisclosed sum of money for ransom.
Read MoreIncident: Australian travel agency Inspiring Vacations, exposes customer data after leaving database publicly accessible
by Steven Kirby | Jan 11, 2024 | Australian InfoSec Incidents 2024, Confidentiality, Configuration, Retail, Travel and Accommodation, Victoria | 0 |
Australian Travel Agency Breach, 11 January 2024: Melbourne travel agency Inspiring Vacations, exposes customer data after leaving database publicly accessible. The leaked data, includes passport images, travel visa certificates, travel itineraries, and partial credit card numbers.
Read MoreIncident: The Iconic promises refunds after a spate of fraudulent transactions on customer accounts | ABC News Australia
by Steven Kirby | Jan 9, 2024 | ABC News (Australia), Australia, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2024, Confidentiality, Credential Stuffing, Cyber Fraud, Integrity, Password, Retail | 0 |
Australian Retail Breach, 09 January 2024: Australian retailer The Iconic, promises refunds after a spate of fraudulent transactions on customer accounts. While not directly hacked, the unauthorised third party used a technique known as ‘credential stuffing’.
Read MoreIncident: Cyber attack on Victoria’s court system may have exposed recordings of sensitive cases | ABC News Australia
by Steven Kirby | Jan 2, 2024 | ABC News (Australia), Australian InfoSec Incidents 2024, Law & Legal, State Government, Victoria | 0 |
Australian Court Ransomware Attack, 02 January 2024: Cyber attack on Victoria’s court system may have exposed recordings of sensitive cases. The Qilin ransomware attacked the court system’s audio-visual archive, which staff discovered on December 21
Read MoreIncident: Eagers Automotive says IT outage stems from cyber incident | iTnews
by Steven Kirby | Dec 29, 2023 | Australia, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2023, Automotive, Availability, iTnews, New Zealand | 0 |
Australian Automotive Cyber Incident, 29 December 2023: Eagers Automotive says IT outage stems from cyber incident, enters trading halt. Impacting our IT systems in some operating locations across Australia and New Zealand.
Read MoreIncident: Yakult Australia targeted in cyber attack, employee files published on dark web | ABC News Australia
by Steven Kirby | Dec 28, 2023 | ABC News (Australia), Australian InfoSec Incidents 2023, Confidentiality, Data Breach, Manufacturing, New Zealand, Privacy Breach, Ransomware, Victoria | 0 |
Australian Manufacturer Ransomware Privacy Breach, 28 December 2023: Yakult Australia targeted in cyber attack, employee files published on dark web. 95 gigabytes of data including passports, medical assessments, salaries, and performance reviews.
Read MoreIncident: Life Saving Victoria server hacked by ‘malicious actors’ | ABC News Australia
by Steven Kirby | Dec 24, 2023 | ABC News (Australia), Australian InfoSec Incidents 2023, Charities and Not For Profit, Confidentiality, Data Breach, Privacy Breach, Victoria | 0 |
Australian Privacy Breach, 24 December 2023: Life Saving Victoria server hacked by ‘malicious actors’. The extent of the personal information is limited and does not pose a serious threat to the individuals.
Read MoreIncident: St Vincent’s Health network hit by cyber attack, with data stolen | ABC News Australia
by Steven Kirby | Dec 22, 2023 | ABC News (Australia), Australia, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2023, Charities and Not For Profit, Confidentiality, Data Breach, Medical and Health Care | 0 |
Australian Private Health Provider Hacked, 22 December 2023: St Vincent’s Health network hit by cyber attack, with “some” data stolen. The organisation is working to determine what information has been taken.
Read MoreIncident: University of Wollongong discloses data breach | iTnews
by Steven Kirby | Dec 11, 2023 | Australian InfoSec Incidents 2023, Confidentiality, Data Breach, Education and Training, iTnews, New South Wales | 0 |
Australian University Data Breach, 11 December 2023: University of Wollongong discloses data breach. The breach may have affected both staff and students.
Read MoreIncident: Nissan discloses cyber incident in Australia and NZ | iTnews
by Steven Kirby | Dec 7, 2023 | Australia, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2023, Automotive, Availability, Banking and Finance, Confidentiality, Data Breach, iTnews, New Zealand | 0 |
Australian Financial Service Data Breach, 7 December 2023: Nissan Australian and New Zealand Nissan Corporation and Financial Services discloses cyber incident. Also affecting Nissan Financial Services, Mitsubishi Motors Financial Services, Renault Financial Services, Skyline Car Finance. RAM Truck Finance and LDV Financial Services.
Read MoreIncident: UPDATE NDIA data breach claimed to impact 11,000 “records” | iTnews
by Steven Kirby | Nov 29, 2023 | Australia, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2023, Confidentiality, Data Breach, Federal Government, Insider Threat, iTnews, Privacy Breach | 0 |
Australian Insider Threat, 29 November 2023: National Disability Insurance Agency NDIA data breach claimed to impact 11,000 “records”. NDIA staffer charged with leaking participants’ data, acting NDIA provider also arrested.
Read MoreIncident: Port Adelaide Football Club Hackers post Port files online
by Steven Kirby | Nov 16, 2023 | Australian InfoSec Incidents 2023, Confidentiality, Data Breach, In the Press, South Australia, Sporting and Recreation | 0 |
Australian Football Cyber Attack, 16 November 2023: Port Adelaide Football Club Hackers post Port files online. Member data is believed not to be compromised though members should be wary of communications from the club.
Read MoreIncident: TissuPath data breach victim upset by delayed notification | ABC News (Australia)
by Steven Kirby | Nov 14, 2023 | ABC News (Australia), Australian InfoSec Incidents 2023, Confidentiality, Data Breach, Managed Services Provider, Medical and Health Care, Privacy Breach, Ransomware, Victoria | 0 |
Australian Pathology Ransomware Attack, 14 November 2023: Australian pathology company Tissupath, reported a ransomware attack at a third-party IT supplier, Core Desktop. About 130,000 victims of a data hack at pathology company TissuPath in August involving referrals issued between 2011 and 2020 was to blame.
Read MoreIncident: Major Australian port operator shuts down amid cyber security incident, impacting goods in and out of the country | ABC News (Australia)
by Steven Kirby | Nov 11, 2023 | 12.06 Technical vulnerability management, ABC News (Australia), Australia, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2023, Availability, Confidentiality, Critical Infrastructure, Data Breach, Transport and Logistics | 0 |
Australian Ports Cyber Attack, 11 November 2023: Major Australian port operator DP World Australia shuts down amid cyber security incident, impacting goods in and out of the country. Operator failed to fix a critical IT vulnerability; the patch had been released over a month earlier.
Read MoreIncident: SA Health patients caught up in data breach of third-party platform Personify Care | ABC News (Australia)
by Steven Kirby | Oct 28, 2023 | ABC News (Australia), Australian InfoSec Incidents 2023, Availability, Integrity, Medical and Health Care, South Australia, Third-Party Risk | 0 |
Australian Patient Data, 28 October 2023: SA Health patients caught up in data breach of third-party platform Personify Care. Health information of 121 patients and the names and phone numbers of about 12,000 others was deleted by an “unauthorised third party.
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- Incident: Diabetes Western Australia reveals data breach - iTnewsby Steven Kirby on April 21, 2024
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