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Incident: Federal court data breach sees names of protection visa applicants made public | ABC News (Australia)

by Steven Kirby | Mar 31, 2020 | ABC News (Australia), Australia, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2020, Federal Government, Law & Legal, Privacy Breach, Website | 0 |

Australian Privacy Breach February 2020: Federal court data breach sees names of protection visa applicants made public on the website of the Federal Court putting asylum seekers at risk

Incident: Melbourne IT services firm Geidi hit by REvil ransomware | iTWire

by Steven Kirby | Mar 25, 2020 | Australian InfoSec Incidents 2020, Data Breach, IT Industry, iTWire, Ransomware, Victoria | 0 |

Australian Ransomware Attack March 2020: Melbourne government-accredited IT services provider Geidi hit by REvil ransomware

Incident: Freight forwarding firm Henning Harders hit by Windows ransomware | iTWire

by Steven Kirby | Mar 19, 2020 | Australia, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2020, Data Breach, iTWire, Privacy Breach, Ransomware, Transport and Logistics | 0 |

Australian Ransomware Attack March 2020: Australian freight forwarding and logistics firm Henning Harders has been hit by Windows ransomware, with the company saying that customer data may have been accessed

Incident: Melbourne TAFE data breach exposes 55k student, staff files | iTnews

by Steven Kirby | Mar 11, 2020 | ARN from IDG, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2020, Data Breach, Education and Training, iTnews, Privacy, Privacy Breach, Victoria | 0 |

Australian Education Privacy Breach March 2020: Melbourne Polytechnic TAFE data breach exposes 55000 student, staff files. Sensitive financial, health data accessed.

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: Australian wool sales stopped by ransomware attack | iTnews

by Steven Kirby | Feb 27, 2020 | Agriculture and Farming, Australia, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2020, iTnews, Malware, Ransomware, Retail | 0 |

Australian Cyber Attack February 2020: Australian wool sales stopped by ransomware attack, major wool exchange supplier hit by a ransomware attack that encrypted its production databases.

Incident: Yarra Trams data breach: Commuters’ email addresses exposed | Brisbane Times

by Steven Kirby | Feb 3, 2020 | Australian InfoSec Incidents 2020, Brisbane Times, Data Handling, Email, Privacy, Privacy Breach, Transport and Logistics, Victoria | 0 |

Australian Privacy Breach February 2020: Yarra Trams data breach, 91 commuters’ email addresses exposed by careless email

Incident: Toll Group shuts IT systems after ‘cyber security incident’ | iTnews

by Steven Kirby | Feb 3, 2020 | Australia, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2020, iTnews, Malware, Transport and Logistics | 0 |

Australian Transport Malware Attack February 2020: Toll Group shuts IT systems after ‘cyber security incident’. Ransomware is believed to have infected as many as 1000 servers, including Active Directory

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: Suspected Ryuk ransomware attack locks down Adelaide’s City of Onkaparinga council | ABC News (Australia)

by Steven Kirby | Jan 6, 2020 | ABC News (Australia), Australian InfoSec Incidents 2020, Local Government, Ransomware, South Australia | 0 |

Australian Local Government Ransomware January 2020: Suspected Ryuk ransomware attack locks down Adelaide’s City of Onkaparinga council. Forced staff to start their holidays earlier than planned.

Incident: Redland City councillor Tracey Huges ‘deeply sorry’ over mistake in attaching spreadsheet to New Year’s Eve invitation | Redland City Bulletin

by Steven Kirby | Jan 3, 2020 | Australian InfoSec Incidents 2020, Data Handling, Email, In the Press, Local Government, Privacy Breach, Queensland | 0 |

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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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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