Category: Email
Incident: Sydney hospital loses $2m to alleged BEC fraud | iTnews
Australian Business Email Compromise BEC Nov 2024: Sydney hospital loses $2m to alleged BEC fraud. A business email compromise (BEC) scam that cost a Sydney hospital $2 million has led to the man behind it being charged.
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Incident: Personal data of ‘thousands’ of Hungry Jack’s staff exposed in internal leak | SMH
Australian Retail Email Error, 23 April 2024: Personal data of ‘thousands’ of Hungry Jack’s staff exposed in internal leak. An email to 198 staff from the training and communication portal, included an attached spreadsheet of staff information.
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Incident: The Smith Family says details of around 80,000 donors may have been exposed in hacking attack | ABC News Australia
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
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Incident: NSW public insurer icare privacy bungle hits 193,000 people | iTnews
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
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Incident: Hundreds of classified Home Affairs documents believed sent to unsecured address in ‘serious’ breach of security protocols | ABC News Australia
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.
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Incident: 50k customers caught up in Tasmanian Spirit Super phishing attack | iTnews
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.
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Incident: Domain hit by cyber attack, warns users to be careful with rental inquiries | SMH
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.
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Incident: Melbourne’s RMIT University suspends classes after suffering IT outage | ABC News (Australia)
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.
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Incident: Medicinal cannabis company Cann Group loses $3.6 million in “sophisticated” cyber attack | SmartCompany
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.
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Incident: Double blow: new data breach hits stranded Australians as Emirates suspends flights out of UK | The Guardian
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
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Incident: Queensland Police Service apologises to gun owners over mass data breach in Moreton region | ABC News (Australia)
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.
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NZ Incident: NZ financial strategies provider hit by Windows NetWalker ransomware | iTWire
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
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Incident: BTC Markets exposes customer names, emails in botched blast send | iTnews
Australian Email Privacy Breach December 2020. BTC Markets exposes customer names, emails in botched blast send. Australia’s largest cryptocurrency exchange apologises for error.
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Incident: Levitas Capital closing after fake Zoom invite sinks $16m super fund investment | news.com.au
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
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Incident: DFAT Stranded Aussies’ identities exposed again | The Canberra Times
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.
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Incident: DFAT admits email addresses of almost 3,000 Australians stranded overseas released in breach | The Guardian
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.
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NZ Incident: RC plane and drone users’ details leaked by CAA New Zealand | xjet
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.
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Incident: Scouts Victoria data breach potentially nets 900 people’s personal details | iTnews
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.
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Incident: Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron to be questioned by Office of Australian Information Commissioner after data breach | The Courier Mail
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.
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Incident: Sydney Tools sues competitor Total Tools over alleged email hacking | SmartCompany
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.
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