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Incident: Regis Healthcare loses data in Maze ransomware infection | iTnews

by Steven Kirby | Aug 3, 2020 | Australia, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2020, Breach Response, Data Breach, Data Loss, iTnews, Medical and Health Care, Privacy Breach, Ransomware | 0 |

Australian Ransomware Medical Attack: August 03 2020: Regis Healthcare loses data in Maze ransomware infection, prompts ACSC warning on broader campaign targeting aged care.

Incident: Auckland’s Rosehill College deletes pupils’ personal data from their own laptops | Stuff.co.NZ

by Steven Kirby | Aug 8, 2019 | Configuration, Data Loss, Education and Training, New Zealand, Stuff.co.nz | 0 |

NZ Cyber Incident August 08 2019: Rosehill College Auckland which requires pupils to buy their own digital devices has come under fire after all data was deleted from students’ laptops during a school-mandated software update.

Incident: Perth-based Cyanweb Solutions hit by “criminal hacking”, website data and backups lost | HackerCombat LLC

by Steven Kirby | Jul 7, 2018 | Australia, Australian InfoSec Incident, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2018, Data Breach, Data Loss, Hacked, In the Press, Social Media, Western Australia | 0 |

Australian Information Security Incident Reported: July 07 2018 Australia based Cyabweb Solution...

Incident: Australia’s Largest Bank Lost The Personal Financial Histories Of 12 Million Customers | BuzzFeed

by Steven Kirby | May 2, 2018 | APP Australian Privacy Principles, Australia, Australian InfoSec Incident, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2018, Banking and Finance, BuzzFeed, Data Loss, Privacy | 0 |

Australian Information Security Incident Reported: May 02 2018 The Commonwealth Bank lost the...

Incident: ‘Significant amount’ of sensitive security data stolen in Perth Airport hacking | The West Australian

by Steven Kirby | Dec 11, 2017 | Australian InfoSec Incident, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2017, Cyber Espionage, Cybersecurity, Data Loss, Hacked, The West Australian, Transport and Logistics, Western Australia | 0 |

Australian Information Security Incident Reported: December 11 2017 A skilled hacker in Vietnam...

Incident: AAMI, Suncorp suspend online insurance quote feature over burglary fears | SMH

by Steven Kirby | Dec 5, 2017 | Australia, Australian InfoSec Incident, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2017, Banking and Finance, Cybersecurity, Data Loss, OSWAP Top Ten, Privacy, SMH - The Sydney Morning Herald | 0 |

Australian Information Security Incident Reported: December 5 2017 One of Australia’s...

Parliament House security manual lost by contractor, but there is ‘no compromise’ to safety | ABC News (Australia)

by Steven Kirby | Oct 26, 2017 | 11 Physical and environmental security, ABC News (Australia), Australia, Data Loss, Federal Government | 0 |

A 1,000-page manual on future security arrangements for Parliament House has been lost, but the Department of Parliamentary Services (DPS) argues the building’s safety has not been compromised. Source: Parliament House...

Massive ‘Alf’ military data breach prompts demands to reveal state hackers | SMH

by Steven Kirby | Oct 16, 2017 | Cybersecurity, Data Breach, Data Loss, Defence and Military, Federal Government, SMH - The Sydney Morning Herald | 0 |

The government will not confirm that a state actor was responsible for the attack, although says it is a possibility. Source: Massive ‘Alf’ military data breach prompts demands to reveal state hackers

DHS reissues 165 Medicare numbers after dark web scare | iTnews

by Steven Kirby | Sep 18, 2017 | Australia, DarkNet and DarkWeb, Data Breach, Data Handling, Data Loss, Federal Government, iTnews, Medical and Health Care | 0 |

The Department of Human Services issued new Medicare numbers to 165 people after learning some had been sold on the dark web, twice the figure previously thought to be impacted. DHS had logs that meant it could determine the...

Incident: Australian Red Cross escapes penalties in data breach investigation | iTnews

by Steven Kirby | Aug 7, 2017 | Australia, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2017, Charities and Not For Profit, Data Handling, Data Loss, iTnews, Medical and Health Care, Privacy, Privacy Breach | 0 |

The Australian Red Cross Blood Service and its website contractor have escaped penalties from the...

Incident: Authorities scramble after laptop theft | The Recorder

by Steven Kirby | Jul 27, 2017 | Australia, Australian InfoSec Incident, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2017, Data Breach, Data Handling, Data Loss, In the Press, Medical and Health Care, Privacy Breach, South Australia | 0 |

Australian Information Security Incident Reported: July 27 2017 A computer laptop containing...

Incident: Queensland minister stood down over email scandal | iTnews

by Steven Kirby | Jul 24, 2017 | Australia, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2017, Compliance, Data Handling, Data Loss, Email, iTnews, Queensland, State Government | 0 |

CCC finds ‘reasonable suspicion of corrupt conduct’. Queensland energy minister Mark Bailey has been stood aside after the state’s corruption watchdog found he had raised a “reasonable suspicion of...

Incident: Ricoh Australia Scrambles to Fix Document Leak | InfoRiskToday

by Steven Kirby | Jul 20, 2017 | Australia, Australian Capital Territory, Australian InfoSec Incident, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2017, Data Loss, Federal Government, In the Press, InfoRiskToday, Multifunction Devices, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia | 0 |

Australian Information Security Incident Reported: July 20 2017 Ricoh’s Australia office has...

Incident: Cyber crime, NT Government, NT, identity theft | NT News

by Steven Kirby | Jun 30, 2017 | Australia, Australian InfoSec Incident, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2017, Data Loss, Identity Theft, Law & Legal, Northern Territory, NT News, Privacy Breach, State Government | 0 |

Australian Information Security Incident Reported: June 30 2017 A Northern Territory public...

Incident: Vengeful retrenched employee allegedly took BlueScope top trade secrets with her | Stuff.co.nz

by Steven Kirby | Jan 9, 2016 | Australia, Australian InfoSec Incident, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2016, Data Breach, Data Loss, Insider Threat, Manufacturing, Stuff.co.nz | 0 |

Australian Information Security Incident Reported: January 9 2016 Former BlueScope employee has...

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Commentary on Australia's National Cyber Security Strategy
by Craig Nielsen, vice president Asia Pacific, GitLab on September 28, 2023
GUEST OPINION: Australia’s new Cyber Security Strategy to begin building six cyber shields around the nation comes at a time when it’s more important …
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by Richard Chirgwin on September 28, 2023
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by Paul Sakkal on September 27, 2023
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by Luke Dawson on September 26, 2023
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APVMA added to HWL Ebsworth breach list
by Richard Chirgwin on September 25, 2023
The Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority (APVMA) has confirmed that it was one of the federal government agencies impacted by the …
Australian Federal Police claw back $45m lost to BEC scammers
by Ry Crozier on September 25, 2023
The Australian Federal Police has claimed some success in thwarting in-progress business email compromise (BEC) scams, in cases where the incident is …
AFP saves mum and dad business from cyber criminals | Australian Federal Police
by Australian Federal Police on September 25, 2023
The AFP has returned $45 million to Australian businesses targeted by cyber criminals in the past three years. As the AFP today challenges the …
Aussies Warned Over Cyber-Security Risks After Large-Scale Hack
by The Project on September 24, 2023
Sixty-five government departments and agencies have been caught up in the country’s latest ‘large scale’ cyber-attack on legal firm HWL Ebsworth, with stark ...
Federal government rolls out plan to protect Aussies from cyber attacks | 9 News Australia
by 9 News Australia on September 24, 2023
One year on since the Optus cyber attack, Home Affairs Minister has revealed part of the Federal government’s plan to protect Australians from future breache...
Troy Hunt scours the dark web for your stolen data — but he's just trying to help
by By Julian Fell on September 22, 2023
He's just "a dude on the web", but Troy Hunt has ended up playing an oddly central role in global cybersecurity. In April, the US Federal Bureau of …

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Category: Data Loss

Incident: Regis Healthcare loses data in Maze ransomware infection | iTnews

Incident: Auckland’s Rosehill College deletes pupils’ personal data from their own laptops | Stuff.co.NZ

Incident: Australia’s Largest Bank Lost The Personal Financial Histories Of 12 Million Customers | BuzzFeed

Incident: ‘Significant amount’ of sensitive security data stolen in Perth Airport hacking | The West Australian

Incident: AAMI, Suncorp suspend online insurance quote feature over burglary fears | SMH

Parliament House security manual lost by contractor, but there is ‘no compromise’ to safety | ABC News (Australia)

Massive ‘Alf’ military data breach prompts demands to reveal state hackers | SMH

DHS reissues 165 Medicare numbers after dark web scare | iTnews

Incident: Australian Red Cross escapes penalties in data breach investigation | iTnews

Incident: Authorities scramble after laptop theft | The Recorder

Incident: Queensland minister stood down over email scandal | iTnews

Incident: Ricoh Australia Scrambles to Fix Document Leak | InfoRiskToday

Incident: Cyber crime, NT Government, NT, identity theft | NT News

Incident: Vengeful retrenched employee allegedly took BlueScope top trade secrets with her | Stuff.co.nz

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