Incident: Melbourne IT services firm Geidi hit by REvil ransomware | iTWire
Australian Ransomware Attack March 2020: Melbourne government-accredited IT services provider Geidi hit by REvil ransomware
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Category: Data Breach
Incident: Freight forwarding firm Henning Harders hit by Windows ransomware | iTWire
Australian Ransomware Attack March 2020: Australian freight forwarding and logistics firm Henning Harders has been hit by Windows ransomware, with the company saying that customer data may have been accessed
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Incident: Melbourne TAFE data breach exposes 55k student, staff files | iTnews
Australian Education Privacy Breach March 2020: Melbourne Polytechnic TAFE data breach exposes 55000 student, staff files. Sensitive financial, health data accessed.
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Incident: Perth Mint visitor data stolen after feedback survey company hacked | WAtoday
Australian Survey Hacked January 2020: Perth Mint visitor feedback survey data stolen after West Australian market insights company Metrix Consulting was hacked via a Phishing scam.
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Incident: Police & Nurses Bank WA discloses data breach, customer account information, balances exposed | ZDnet
Australian Banking Breach January 2020: Police & Nurses Bank WA discloses data breach, customer account information, balances exposed. The Australian bank says a cyberattack took place during a server upgrade.
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Incident: A major hack at one of NSW’s largest drug rehabilitation services, Adele House has left hundreds of patients at risk | The Australian
Australian Medical Data Breach November 2019: A hack at one of NSW’s largest drug rehabilitation services, Adele House has left hundreds of patients at risk.
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Incident: Monash IVF patients receive bogus emails after ‘malicious cyber attack’ on fertility company | ABC News (Australia)
Australian Medical Data Breach and Cyber Fraud November 2019: Australian medical group Monash IVF patients receive bogus emails after ‘malicious cyber attack’ on fertility company.
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Incident: Cyber criminals hack Perth Anaesthetic Group hospital and steal patients’ personal information in terrifying security breach | Daily Mail Australia
Australian DataBreach CyberCrime November 2019: Cyber criminals hack Perth Anaesthetic Group hospital and steal patients’ personal information in terrifying security breach. Several patients were sent fake invoices from the hackers demanding payments.
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Incident: Doctor, patient details allegedly stolen in CSL Behring Australia espionage scandal | SMH
Australian Former Employee Data Breach 18 October 2019: CSL Behring has filed a lawsuit against a former employee, claiming he stole sensitive information with the intention of passing it on to his new company Pharming.
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Incident: ‘Trusted inside access’: Sydney IT contractor arrested over Landmark White data breach | Brisbane Times
October 02 2019 Sydney Insider Charged: Sydney IT contractor arrested over Landmark White data breach containing property valuations, personal details and driver’s licences of a combined 275,000 individuals.
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Incident: Millions of Australians’ sensitive medical images, data left openly accessible | iTnews
September 20 2019 Australian Medical Privacy Breach: Millions of Australians’ sensitive medical images, data left openly accessible. Australian servers alone leaked 50,000 sets of data comprising 2.5 million accounts.
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Incident: Data breach may affect 50,000 Australian university students using ‘Get’ app | The Guardian
September 10 2019 Australian Privacy Breach: Estimated 50,000 students using events app Get, previously known as Qnect, may have had their personal data exposed online.
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Australian InfoSec and Cyber News
- Cyber crime threat advice updated over coronavirus scams March 26, 2020One email purports to be from the Australian government and is titled "INSIGHTS ON CORONAVIRUS", while others have read "Latest corona-virus updates" …
- Aussie council body argues access to metadata would help thwart illegal activity | ZDNet March 26, 2020Arguing access to metadata would help in prosecuting those illegally dumping garbage or removing trees. The Australian Local Government Association …
- Over 1,000 private entities are using Australia's document verification service | ZDNet March 25, 2020The verification service matches submitted identity documentation with that provided to the federal government by state and territory governments. The …
- ANZ tries to preserve corporate VPN bandwidth for frontline use March 25, 2020ANZ Banking Group CEO Shayne Elliott has advised some of its internal users to “not use certain systems” including its corporate remote access VPN to …
- Incident: Melbourne IT services firm Geidi hit by REvil ransomware | iTWire - Australian Information Security Awareness and Advisory March 24, 2020Australian Ransomware Attack March 2020: Melbourne IT services firm Geidi hit by REvil ransomware The group behind the REvil Windows ransomware has …
- AusPost touts 'business-led cybersecurity risk culture' ahead of committee probe | ZDNet March 23, 2020Despite claims otherwise from the National Audit Office, the postal service said it already has clear oversight of its critical asset infrastructures …
- Government guilty of incompetence over MyGov website: Albanese | Sky News Australia March 23, 2020Government guilty of incompetence over MyGov website: Albanese | Sky News Australia The MyGov website didn’t crash due to a cyber-attack, it crashed …
- The people of Australia are a DDoS machine that the government cannot handle | ZDNet March 23, 2020How many times do government systems need to fall over before Canberra realises it needs more resources Congratulations Australia, even in the most …
- Coronavirus online scams are on the rise. Here's how to avoid them March 22, 2020Australians are now working from home offices and kitchen tables as social distancing measures to slow the spread of coronavirus ramp up. But this …
- Australia's TIA Act telecom data privacy implementation under fire March 22, 2020Despite earlier promises, a federal senator alleges agencies aren’t tracking or protecting access to sensitive telecommunications metadata. The …