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Incident: Queensland Police Service apologises to ...

Posted by Steven Kirby | Jan 14, 2021 | ABC News (Australia), Australian InfoSec Incidents 2021, Confidentiality, Data Breach, Email, Policing and Law Enforcement, Privacy Breach, Queensland, State Government | 0 |

Incident: The Smith Family says details of around 80,000 donors may have been exposed in hacking attack | ABC News Australia

by Steven Kirby | Nov 22, 2022 | ABC News (Australia), Australia, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2022, Charities and Not For Profit, Confidentiality, Email Account Compromise, Privacy Breach | 0 |

Australian Cyber Incident November 2022: The Smith Family says details of around 80,000 donors may have been exposed in hacking attack. Investigation revealed a combination of names, addresses, phone numbers, email addresses and donation records may have been accessed

Incident: NSW public insurer icare privacy bungle hits 193,000 people | iTnews

by Steven Kirby | Jun 2, 2022 | Australian InfoSec Incidents 2022, Banking and Finance, Confidentiality, Data Handling, Email, Insider Threat, iTnews, Medical and Health Care, New South Wales, Privacy Breach | 0 |

Australian Insurer Privacy Breach June 2022: NSW public insurer icare sends private details of 193,000 workers to wrong employers. Excel spreadsheet emailed to 587 wrong employers and brokers

Incident: Hundreds of classified Home Affairs documents believed sent to unsecured address in ‘serious’ breach of security protocols | ABC News Australia

by Steven Kirby | May 30, 2022 | ABC News (Australia), Australia, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2022, Confidentiality, Data Breach, Email, Federal Government | 0 |

Australian Data Breach May 2022: Hundreds of classified Home Affairs documents believed sent to unsecured address in ‘serious’ breach of security protocols. The contractor said to have sent classified documents to his personal email address was allowed to work in another federal government department after the cybersecurity breach.

Incident: 50k customers caught up in Tasmanian Spirit Super phishing attack | iTnews

by Steven Kirby | May 30, 2022 | Australian InfoSec Incidents 2022, Banking and Finance, Confidentiality, Email Phishing, iTnews, Privacy Breach, Tasmania | 0 |

Australian Superfund Phishing Attack May 2022: 50k customers caught up in Tasmanian Spirit Super phishing attack. Data possibly compromised after attacker overcame MFA on email account.

Incident: Domain hit by cyber attack, warns users to be careful with rental inquiries | SMH

by Steven Kirby | May 20, 2021 | Australia, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2021, Confidentiality, Email Phishing, Phishing, Privacy Breach, Real Estate and Property Management, SMH - The Sydney Morning Herald | 0 |

Australian Real Estate Cyber Incident May 2021: Domain hit by cyber attack, warns users to be careful with rental inquiries. There is a risk that some of your personal information may have been accessed by an unauthorised third party.

Incident: Melbourne’s RMIT University suspends classes after suffering IT outage | ABC News (Australia)

by Steven Kirby | Feb 19, 2021 | ABC News (Australia), Australian InfoSec Incidents 2021, Availability, Education and Training, Email Phishing, Phishing, Victoria | 0 |

Australian Education Outage February 2021: Melbourne’s RMIT University suspends classes after suffering IT outage. Reportedly the significant cyber attack was caused by a phishing scam.

Incident: Medicinal cannabis company Cann Group loses $3.6 million in “sophisticated” cyber attack | SmartCompany

by Steven Kirby | Feb 9, 2021 | Agriculture and Farming, Australia, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2021, Email Spear Phing and Business Email Compromise (BEC), Integrity, Medical and Health Care, SmartCompany | 0 |

Australian Cybercrime February 2021: Medicinal cannabis company Cann Group loses $3.6 million in “sophisticated” cyber attack. Experienced a major cyber security incident involving a third party that stole $3.6 million in transactions meant for a contractor.

Incident: Double blow: new data breach hits stranded Australians as Emirates suspends flights out of UK | The Guardian

by Steven Kirby | Jan 29, 2021 | Australia, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2021, Confidentiality, Data Handling, Email, Federal Government, Privacy, Privacy Breach, The Guardian | 0 |

Australian Government Privacy Breach January 2021: Double blow: new data breach hits stranded Australians as Emirates suspends flights out of UK. Government admits inadvertently emailing revealing sensitive details of passengers booked on a repatriation flight from London

Incident: Queensland Police Service apologises to gun owners over mass data breach in Moreton region | ABC News (Australia)

by Steven Kirby | Jan 14, 2021 | ABC News (Australia), Australian InfoSec Incidents 2021, Confidentiality, Data Breach, Email, Policing and Law Enforcement, Privacy Breach, Queensland, State Government | 0 |

Queensland Data Breach January 2021: Queensland Police Service apologises to gun owners over mass data breach in Moreton region. QPS apologises after a data breach revealed personal details of licensed gun owners in the Moreton district.

NZ Incident: NZ financial strategies provider hit by Windows NetWalker ransomware | iTWire

by Steven Kirby | Dec 10, 2020 | Availability, Banking and Finance, Confidentiality, 🥝 NZ Incidents, Email, iTWire, New Zealand, Privacy, Privacy Breach, Ransomware, Regulator and Authority | 0 |

New Zealand Ransomware Attack December 2020. NZ financial strategies provider Staircase hit by Windows NetWalker ransomware. The attackers have listed a number of data files on their site on the dark web

Incident: BTC Markets exposes customer names, emails in botched blast send | iTnews

by Steven Kirby | Dec 2, 2020 | Australia, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2020, Banking and Finance, Confidentiality, Data Handling, Email, iTnews, Privacy, Privacy Breach | 0 |

Australian Email Privacy Breach December 2020. BTC Markets exposes customer names, emails in botched blast send. Australia’s largest cryptocurrency exchange apologises for error.

Incident: Levitas Capital closing after fake Zoom invite sinks $16m super fund investment | news.com.au

by Steven Kirby | Nov 23, 2020 | Australian InfoSec Incidents 2020, Availability, Banking and Finance, Confidentiality, Email Spear Phing and Business Email Compromise (BEC), Integrity, New South Wales, news.com.au, Privacy, Privacy Breach | 0 |

Australian Zoom Compromise November 2020: Levitas Capital closing after fake Zoom invite sinks $16m super fund investment. A fake Zoom invite has forced a Sydney hedge fund to close up shop after cybercriminals found a way into their emails in September

Incident: DFAT Stranded Aussies’ identities exposed again | The Canberra Times

by Steven Kirby | Oct 28, 2020 | Australia, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2020, Confidentiality, Data Handling, Email, Federal Government, Government Agency, Privacy, The Canberra Times, User Error | 0 |

Australian Government Privacy Breach Again October 2020: DFAT Stranded Aussies’ identities exposed again. The identities of Australians stranded overseas have been accidentally exposed for the third time in as many months.

Incident: DFAT admits email addresses of almost 3,000 Australians stranded overseas released in breach | The Guardian

by Steven Kirby | Sep 30, 2020 | Australia, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2020, Confidentiality, Data Handling, Email, Federal Government, Government Agency, Privacy, The Guardian, User Error | 0 |

Australian Government Privacy Breach September 2020: DFAT admits email addresses of almost 3,000 Australians stranded overseas released in breach. Addressees were mistakenly listed in the ‘to’ field, rather than ‘bcc’, making them visible to other recipients.

NZ Incident: RC plane and drone users’ details leaked by CAA New Zealand | xjet

by Steven Kirby | Sep 30, 2020 | Australian InfoSec Incidents 2020, Confidentiality, 🥝 NZ Incidents, Email, Federal Government, Government Agency, New Zealand, Privacy, Regulator and Authority | 0 |

New Zealand Privacy Breach September 2020: RC plane and drone users’ details leaked by CAA New Zealand. CAA New Zealand violation of privacy involving people from around the world who filed complaints with them.

Incident: Scouts Victoria data breach potentially nets 900 people’s personal details | iTnews

by Steven Kirby | Sep 25, 2020 | 09 Access Control, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2020, Charities and Not For Profit, Confidentiality, Email Phishing, iTnews, Privacy, Victoria | 0 |

Australian Detailed Privacy Breach September 2020: Scouts Victoria data breach potentially nets 900 people’s personal details including bank details, birth certificates and court orders.

Incident: Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron to be questioned by Office of Australian Information Commissioner after data breach | The Courier Mail

by Steven Kirby | Sep 11, 2020 | Australian InfoSec Incidents 2020, Confidentiality, Email, Queensland, Sporting and Recreation, The Courier | 0 |

Australian Email Privacy Breach September 2020: Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron to be questioned by Office of Australian Information Commissioner after an email data breach leaking the personal details of 617 members, including millionaire business owners, doctors and barristers.

Incident: Sydney Tools sues competitor Total Tools over alleged email hacking | SmartCompany

by Steven Kirby | Aug 21, 2020 | 09 Access Control, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2020, Confidentiality, Email, Insider Threat, New South Wales, Retail, SmartCompany, Unauthorised Access | 0 |

Australian Offboarding Fail August 2020: Sydney Tools sues competitor Total Tools over alleged email hacking. Confirmed it is suing competitor Total Tools over an alleged email hacking.

Incident: NSW police to investigate after leaking emails of people who complained about pepper spray at Black Lives Matter rally | The Guardian

by Steven Kirby | Aug 19, 2020 | Australian InfoSec Incidents 2020, Email, New South Wales, Police and Law Enforcement, Privacy Breach, State Government, The Guardian | 0 |

Australian Email Privacy Breach August 2020: NSW police to investigate after leaking emails of people who complained about pepper spray at Black Lives Matter rally. Police say they launched an internal investigation after more than 150 people had email addresses leaked, but victims of leaks say they are yet to be contacted.

Incident (Updated): Citizen data compromised as Service NSW falls victim to phishing attack | ZDNet

by Steven Kirby | May 14, 2020 | Australian InfoSec Incidents 2020, Email Phishing, New South Wales, State Government, ZDNet | 0 |

Updated September 2, 2020 | Australian Phishing Attack April 2020: Citizen data compromised as Service NSW falls victim to phishing attack. The attack involved the illegal accessing of 47 Service NSW staff members’ email accounts.

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