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Incident: Melbourne’s Port Phillip Prison jail targeted by anonymous hackers in cyber attack | MSN

by Steven Kirby | Jul 7, 2022 | Australian InfoSec Incidents 2022, Availability, Confidentiality, Hacked, Integrity, iTnews, MSN Australia, Police and Law Enforcement, Privacy Breach, State Government, Victoria | 0 |

Australian Jail Cyber Attack July 2022: Melbourne’s Port Phillip Prison jail targeted by anonymous hackers in cyber attack. Hackers take control of the G4S operated jail’s online network.

Incident: Australian National Disability Insurance Scheme provider breached and treating its database as compromised | ZDNet

by Steven Kirby | May 31, 2022 | Australian InfoSec Incidents 2022, Confidentiality, Hacked, Medical and Health Care, New South Wales, Privacy Breach, ZDNet | 0 |

Australian Medical Data Hacked May 2022: Australian National Disability Insurance Scheme case management system provider CTARS breached. “Large volume” of sensitive health data exposed.

Incident: Young Australian Rich Listers watch wealth plummet after hack, crypto sell-off | Australia Financial Review

by Steven Kirby | Feb 7, 2022 | 12.06.01 Management of technical vulnerabilities, Australian Financial Review (AFR), Australian InfoSec Incidents 2022, Banking and Finance, Confidentiality, Hacked, Integrity, Vulnerability | 0 |

Australian Cryptocurrency Hack February 2022: Young Australian Rich Listers watch wealth plummet after hack, crypto sell-off. While the Illuvium team secured the breach quickly and have begun repaying affected user.

Incident: Queensland water supplier Sunwater targeted by hackers in months-long undetected cyber security breach | ABC News (Australia)

by Steven Kirby | Nov 11, 2021 | 12.06 Technical vulnerability management, ABC News (Australia), Australian InfoSec Incidents 2021, Critical Infrastructure, Hacked, Integrity, Queensland, State Government, Utilities | 0 |

Australian Water Utility Hacked November 2021: Queensland water supplier Sunwater targeted by hackers in months-long undetected cyber security breach. A Queensland Audit Office report found “threat actors” had targeted an older, more vulnerable version of the system.

Incident: Nitro Software user database put up for sale on dark web | iTWire

by Steven Kirby | Oct 29, 2020 | Australian InfoSec Incidents 2020, Confidentiality, Hacked, IT Industry, iTWire, Privacy, Victoria | 0 |

Australian Service Provider Hacked? October 2020: Nitro Software user database put up for sale on dark web. A group that uses the name Shiny Hunters appears to have put up a database exfiltrated during a data breach of ASX-listed Nitro Software, a firm that offers a service to create, edit and sign PDFs and digital documents, on the dark web for sale.

Incident: Overseas hackers break into Mosman Council database. |The Daily Telegraph

by Steven Kirby | Oct 20, 2020 | Australian InfoSec Incidents 2020, Confidentiality, Data Breach, Hacked, Human Resources, Local Government, New South Wales, Privacy, The Daily Telegraph | 0 |

Australian Database Hacked October 2020. Overseas hackers break into Sydney’s north shore Mosman Council salary database. A “small amount of money” was siphoned in the incident.

Incident: ASIC sues financial services company for repeated hacks | iTnews

by Steven Kirby | Aug 21, 2020 | Australia, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2020, Banking and Finance, Data Breach, Hacked, iTnews, Privacy Breach, Ransomware | 0 |

Australian Financial Hack August 2020: ASIC sues Australian financial services company RI Advice Group for repeated hacks. Hacker spent 155 hours logged in without detection.

Incident: Cyber attack halts Lion production of milk and beer | ABC News (Australia)

by Steven Kirby | Jun 9, 2020 | ABC News (Australia), Australia, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2020, Hacked, Malware, Manufacturing | 0 |

Australian Cyber Attack June 2020: Cyber attack halts Lion production of milk and beer, attack disrupted manufacturing and knocked out its internal IT systems.

Incident: Big Footy data breach exposed private details of up to 100,000 users | WAtoday

by Steven Kirby | May 29, 2020 | Australia, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2020, Hacked, Privacy Breach, Sporting and Recreation, WAtoday | 0 |

Australian Privacy Hacked May 2020: AFL fan website Big Footy data breach exposed private details of up to 100,000 users and 70 million records online, including private conversations between users.

Incident: Updated Citrix Bug – Fears private details of Australian Defence Force members compromised in database hack | ABC News (Australia)

by Steven Kirby | Mar 4, 2020 | ABC News (Australia), Australia, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2020, Defence and Military, Federal Government, Hacked, Privacy | 0 |

Australian Cyber Attack March 2020: A highly sensitive military database containing the personal details of tens of thousands of Australian Defence Force (ADF) members was shut down for 10 days due to fears it had been hacked.

Incident: Perth Mint visitor data stolen after feedback survey company hacked | WAtoday

by Steven Kirby | Jan 31, 2020 | Australian InfoSec Incidents 2020, Banking and Finance, Breach Notification, Data Breach, Email Phishing, Hacked, Privacy Breach, WAtoday, Western Australia | 0 |

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.

Incident: Police & Nurses Bank WA discloses data breach, customer account information, balances exposed | ZDnet

by Steven Kirby | Jan 15, 2020 | Australian InfoSec Incidents 2020, Banking and Finance, Breach Notification, Data Breach, Hacked, Privacy Breach, Western Australia, ZDNet | 0 |

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.

Incident: A major hack at one of NSW’s largest drug rehabilitation services, Adele House has left hundreds of patients at risk | The Australian

by Steven Kirby | Nov 17, 2019 | Australian InfoSec Incidents 2019, Data Breach, Hacked, Medical and Health Care, New South Wales, Privacy Breach, The Australian | 0 |

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.

Incident: Monash IVF patients receive bogus emails after ‘malicious cyber attack’ on fertility company | ABC News (Australia)

by Steven Kirby | Nov 6, 2019 | ABC News (Australia), Australia, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2019, Cyber Attack Incident, Cyber Fraud, Data Breach, Hacked, Medical and Health Care, Privacy Breach | 0 |

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.

Incident: Cyber criminals hack Perth Anaesthetic Group hospital and steal patients’ personal information in terrifying security breach | Daily Mail Australia

by Steven Kirby | Nov 2, 2019 | Australian InfoSec Incidents 2019, CyberCrime, Daily Mail Australia, Data Breach, Hacked, Medical and Health Care, Western Australia | 0 |

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.

Incident: ‘Lesson learnt’: Shane Watson caught in embarrassing X-rated photo hack | Yahoo Sports

by Steven Kirby | Oct 16, 2019 | Australia, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2019, Hacked, Social Media, Social Media Incident, Sporting and Recreation, Yahoo7 News | 0 |

Australia Social Media Hack October 2019: Australian Cricketer Shane Watson has apologised to his social media followers after inadvertently posting a number of X-Rated photos after his Twitter and Instagram accounts were hacked.

NZ Incident: Auckland Asics store screens hacked to show pornography | Stuff.co.nz

by Steven Kirby | Sep 29, 2019 | 🥝 NZ Incidents, Hacked, New Zealand, Pornography, Retail, Stuff.co.nz | 0 |

NZ Hacked 29 September 2019: Promotional screens on a central Auckland Asics store were hacked to show pornographic content on Sunday morning.

Incident: TAFE NSW staff details stolen after computer systems allegedly hacked | 9News

by Steven Kirby | Aug 8, 2019 | 9 News, Australia, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2019, Data Breach, Education and Training, Hacked, Phishing, Privacy Breach | 0 |

August 08 2019: Around 30 employees have not been paid on time after having personal information stolen in what TAFE NSW said was a “targeted phishing attack”.

Incident: Police officer facing computer hacking charges | ARN

by Steven Kirby | Jul 2, 2019 | ARN from IDG, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2019, Data Breach, Hacked, Insider Threat, Law & Legal, Police and Law Enforcement, Queensland, Unauthorised Access | 0 |

Insider Threat 2nd July 2019 – A Queensland Police Officer has now stood down from official duty with the force pending an investigation into allegations of unauthorised access to confidential information.

Incident: Geraldton’s Nagle Catholic College swept up in cyber attack targeting parent banking details | The West Australian

by Steven Kirby | Jun 20, 2019 | Australian InfoSec Incidents 2019, Credit Card, Data Breach, Education and Training, Hacked, Privacy Breach, The West Australian, Western Australia | 0 |

Australian Cyber Attack June 2019: A West Australian school has been swept up in a “highly sophisticated” cyber security attack, understood to have scooped up the banking details of parent and guardians.

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