Incident: Yarra Trams data breach: Commuters’ email addresses exposed | Brisbane Times
Australian Privacy Breach February 2020: Yarra Trams data breach, 91 commuters’ email addresses exposed by careless email
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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: Redland City councillor Tracey Huges ‘deeply sorry’ over mistake in attaching spreadsheet to New Year’s Eve invitation | Redland City Bulletin
Australian Privacy Breach January 2020: Redland City councillor Tracey Huges ‘deeply sorry’ over mistake in attaching spreadsheet to New Year’s Eve invitation, with the personal details of 297 residents, and their details of correspondence with council
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Incident: Two Sydney women charged over $500,000 BEC scam | iTnews
Australian Cyber Crime November 2019: Two Sydney women have been charged over their alleged involvement in a $500,000 business email compromise scam.
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Incident: Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s office accidentally leaks talking points for MPs to journalists | ABC News (Australia)
Australian Email Incident 07 October 2019: Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s office accidentally leaks talking points for MPs to journalists
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Incident: Commonwealth Superannuation Corporation investigating privacy breach after financial documents sent to ABC producer | ABC News (Australia)
Australian Unintended Disclosure Incident 02 October 2019: Commonwealth Superannuation Corporation investigating privacy breach after financial documents sent to ABC producer.
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Incident: Australian Attorney-General Christian Porter’s office in privacy breach over draft religious discrimination bill email | The Australian
September 03 2019 Australian Privacy Breach: Australian Attorney-General Christian Porter’s office in privacy breach over draft religious discrimination bill email.
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Incident: Sensitive personal data of hundreds of visa applicants accidentally leaked in email mishap | ABC News Australia
Privacy Breach August 15 2019: The personal health information of 317 people applying for Australian visas was accidentally emailed to a member of the general public, an ABC investigation has revealed.
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Incident: AusTender becomes latest bait for phishers | iTnews
Phishers are targeting would-be tenderers to the Department of Infrastructure and Regional Development with an email and fake AusTender landing page.
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Incident: ‘Human error’: News Corp salaries, redundancy entitlements emailed to staff | SMH
Australian Information Security Incident Reported: November 28 2018 Sensitive personal details...
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Incident: Data breach hits Tasmanian luxury hotels Saffire, Henry Jones, after email scam | ABC News (Australia)
Australian Information Security Incident Reported: November 2 2018 Guests of two of...
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Incident: A Sydney woman who hacked an email account to steal $450,000 in cryptocurrency has been caught after a 9-month investigation | MSN Australia
Australian Information Security Incident Reported: October 26 2018 A 23-year-old woman has been...
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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 …