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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, Featured, 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 | 🥝 New Zealand, 🥝 NZ Incidents, Hacked, 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.

Incident: Fears customer details stolen in Geelong Port cyber attack | Infrastructure Magazine

by Steven Kirby | Jun 18, 2019 | Australian InfoSec Incidents 2019, Data Breach, Hacked, In the Press, Privacy Breach, Transport and Logistics, Victoria | 0 |

A malicious cyber attack at Geelong Port has potentially exposed sensitive details of hundreds of customers, including driver’s licence numbers, that could be used to set up illegitimate bank accounts

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Australian health sector does not have 'cybersecurity problem', says insurer April 7, 2020
Australia’s healthcare sector does not have a “broader cybersecurity problem” despite consistently reporting higher numbers of data breaches than …
ASD says it’s mounted offensive operations against cybercrime infrastructure April 7, 2020
The Australian Signals Directorate has put its offensive capability boot into a substantial escalation of cyber scams proliferating off the back of …
Scammers targeting superannuation in COVID-19 crisis April 5, 2020
Scammers are now trying to exploit Australians financially impacted by the COVID-19 crisis with new superannuation scams being reported to Scamwatch …
ASD issues warning over cheap and nasty video conferencing April 2, 2020
But carefully doesn't mention Zoom by name.
iTWire - Overcoming objections to using multi-factor authentication April 1, 2020
GUEST OPINION Multi-factor authentication (MFA) has been an effective security technique for years, yet many small and mid-sized Australian …
Cyber crime threat advice updated over coronavirus scams March 26, 2020
One 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, 2020
Arguing 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, 2020
The 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, 2020
ANZ 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, 2020
Australian Ransomware Attack March 2020: Melbourne IT services firm Geidi hit by REvil ransomware The group behind the REvil Windows ransomware has …

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