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Incident: Tasmanians affected by security breach of third-party file transfer service | ABC News (Australia)
by Steven Kirby | Mar 31, 2023 | ABC News (Australia), Australian InfoSec Incidents 2023, Confidentiality, SaaS - Software as a Service, State Government, Tasmania, Third Party Risk | 0 |
Australian State Government Data Breach, 31 March 2023: Tasmanians affected by security breach of third-party file transfer service. Tasmanian government has come under fire for providing a lack of detail.
Read MoreIncident: ID, bank details, contact information at risk as cyber criminals hack PH Property Bendigo real estate agency | ABC News (Australia)
by Steven Kirby | Mar 30, 2023 | ABC News (Australia), Australian InfoSec Incidents 2023, Confidentiality, Privacy Breach, Real Estate and Property Management, Victoria | 0 |
Australian Property Group Data Breach, 30 March 2023: ID, bank details, contact information at risk as cyber criminals hack PH Property Bendigo real estate agency. The company said the cybercriminals were now targeting some clients of the small business.
Read MoreIncident: Hotel and property giant Meriton hit by data hack, personal documents may be at risk | ABC News (Australia)
by Steven Kirby | Mar 29, 2023 | ABC News (Australia), Australia, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2023, Confidentiality, Real Estate and Property Management | 0 |
Australian Property Group Cyber Incident, 29 March 2023: Australian hotel and property giant Meriton hit by data hack, personal documents may be at risk. Cybercriminals may have made off with highly sensitive personal data including birth certificates and bank details, as well as information about salaries and disciplinary proceedings.
Read MoreIncident: Superannuation fund NGS Super hit by cyber attack, ‘limited data’ taken from its system | ABC News (Australia)
by Steven Kirby | Mar 27, 2023 | ABC News (Australia), Australia, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2023, Banking and Finance, Confidentiality | 0 |
Australian Finance Cyber Incident, 27 March 2023: Australian superannuation fund NGS Super hit by cyber attack, ‘limited data’ taken from its system. NGS Super said it could not publicly disclose the exact number of customers impacted, nor “details of the types of information impacted.”
Read MoreIncident: Crown Resorts investigating potential data breach after being contacted by hacking group | ABC News (Australia)
by Steven Kirby | Mar 27, 2023 | ABC News (Australia), Australia, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2023, Confidentiality, Entertainment and Events, SaaS - Software as a Service, Third Party Risk, Travel and Accommodation | 0 |
Australian Cyber Security Incident, 27 March 2023: Crown Resorts investigating potential data breach after being contacted by hacking group. The hackers claimed they had breached file transfer service GoAnywhere.
Read MoreIncident: Rio Tinto says staff’s personal data may have been hacked in memo after an attack on GoAnywhere software | ABC News (Australia)
by Steven Kirby | Mar 23, 2023 | ABC News (Australia), Australia, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2023, Confidentiality, Human Resources, Mining and Resources, Privacy Breach, SaaS - Software as a Service | 0 |
Australian Cyber Attack March 2023: Rio Tinto says staff’s personal data may have been hacked in memo after an attack on GoAnywhere software. Stolen data possibly includes payslips, overpayment letters.
Read MoreIncident: Indigenous health organisation says personal details of 8,000 people accessed in cyber attack | ABC News (Australia)
by Steven Kirby | Mar 22, 2023 | ABC News (Australia), Australian InfoSec Incidents 2023, Confidentiality, Medical and Health Care, Queensland | 0 |
Australian Indigenous Health Cyber Incident, 22 March 2023: Indigenous health organisation says personal details of 8,000 people accessed in cyber attack. An unidentified third party had claimed responsibility for the hacking in a post on the deep web
Read MoreIncident: Skin cancer survey hack may have ‘compromised’ personal details, Medicare numbers of participants | ABC News (Australia)
by Steven Kirby | Mar 20, 2023 | ABC News (Australia), Australian InfoSec Incidents 2023, Confidentiality, Medical and Health Care, Queensland, SaaS - Software as a Service, Third Party Risk | 0 |
Australian Medical Privacy Breach March 2023: Skin cancer survey hack may have ‘compromised’ personal details, Medicare numbers of participants. QIMR Berghofer survey data exposed via third party in November 2022.
Read MoreIncident: ANZ bank apologises after customers’ personal information found in Perth skip bin | ABC News (Australia)
by Steven Kirby | Mar 1, 2023 | ABC News (Australia), Australia, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2023, Banking and Finance, Confidentiality, Data Breach, Physical Security, Privacy Breach | 0 |
Australian Physical Privacy Breach March 2023: ANZ bank apologises after customers’ personal information found in Perth skip bin. It’s believed the documents were discarded after the local ANZ bank branch closed down.
Read MoreIncident: The Good Guys customers possibly affected by data breach at former third-party provider My Rewards | ABC News (Australia)
by Steven Kirby | Feb 23, 2023 | ABC News (Australia), Australia, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2023, Confidentiality, Data Breach, Privacy Breach, Retail | 0 |
Australian Retail Data Breach February 2023: The Good Guys customers possibly affected by data breach at former third-party provider My Rewards. Up to 1.5 million loyalty program customers hacked which is believed to have occurred in August 202
Read MoreIncident: Black and White Cabs booking service offline after cyber attack | ABC News (Australia)
by Steven Kirby | Feb 2, 2023 | ABC News (Australia), Australia, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2023, Availability, Retail, Transport and Logistics | 0 |
Australian Cyber Attack February 2023: Black and White Cabs booking service offline after cyber attack. Passengers and drivers have been left waiting as the booking system remains locked days after the breach.
Read MoreIncident: Victoria Police allegedly use LEAP database to pursue, stalk, harass women prompting calls for inquiry | ABC News Australia
by Steven Kirby | Dec 15, 2022 | ABC News (Australia), Australian InfoSec Incidents 2022, Confidentiality, Insider Threat, Police and Law Enforcement, Privacy Breach, State Government, Unauthorised Access, Victoria | 0 |
Australian Privacy Incident December 2022: Victoria Police allegedly use LEAP database to pursue, stalk, and harass women prompting calls for an inquiry. In the past five years, there have been complaints against 178 police for misusing LEAP.
Read MoreIncident: Telstra apologises for accidentally publishing data of thousands of customers online | ABC News Australia
by Steven Kirby | Dec 11, 2022 | ABC News (Australia), Australia, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2022, Confidentiality, Data Handling, Privacy Breach, Telcommunications and Internet Service Provider | 0 |
Australian Data Handling Incident December 2022: Telstra apologises for accidentally publishing data of thousands of customers online. Names, numbers and addresses of some unlisted customers released online.
Read MoreIncident: 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
Read MoreIncident: Legal Aid ACT refuses to pay ‘not insignificant’ ransom to hackers who stole data of Canberra domestic violence survivors | ABC News Australia
by Steven Kirby | Nov 16, 2022 | ABC News (Australia), Australian Capital Territory, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2022, Charities and Not For Profit, Confidentiality, Law & Legal, Privacy Breach | 0 |
Australian Cyber Attack November 2022: Technology group providing services to Victorian government departments hit by a cyber attack. The company says hackers have revealed a sample “of what is believed to be stolen data”
Read MoreIncident: Technology group providing services to Victorian government departments hit by cyber attack | ABC News Australia
by Steven Kirby | Nov 5, 2022 | ABC News (Australia), Australian InfoSec Incidents 2022, Availability, Confidentiality, Integrity, ISO27k 8.7 Protection against malware, Managed Services Provider, State Government, Victoria | 0 |
Australian Cyber Attack November 2022: Technology group providing services to Victorian government departments hit by a cyber attack. The company says hackers have revealed a sample “of what is believed to be stolen data”
Read MoreIncident: Australian Clinical Labs accused of ‘sitting on’ hack that saw patient data posted to the dark web | ABC News Australia
by Steven Kirby | Oct 28, 2022 | ABC News (Australia), Australian InfoSec Incidents 2022, Confidentiality, Medical and Health Care, Privacy Breach | 0 |
Australian Medical Privacy Breach October 2022: Australian Clinical Labs subsidiary Medlab Pathology, accused of ‘sitting on’ hack that saw patient data posted to the dark web. ACL says it first learned of the attack in February but believed no data was stolen
Read MoreIncident: 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.
Read MoreIncident: Coles, Westpac, AMP and Department of Defence caught up in ‘significant’ data breach of Finite Recruitment | ABC News (Australia)
by Steven Kirby | Dec 18, 2021 | 12.06 Technical vulnerability management, ABC News (Australia), Australia, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2021, Confidentiality, Human Resources, Privacy Breach, SaaS - Software as a Service, Services | 0 |
Australian Recruitment Ransomware Incident December 2021: Coles, Westpac, AMP and Department of Defence caught up in ‘significant’ data breach of Finite Recruitment. Conti claims to have stolen more than 300 gigabytes of data in this attack.
Read MoreIncident: Personal details of up to 80,000 SA government employees accessed in cyber attack | ABC News (Australia)
by Steven Kirby | Dec 10, 2021 | 12.02 Protection from Malware, ABC News (Australia), Australian InfoSec Incidents 2021, Confidentiality, Integrity, Privacy Breach, SaaS - Software as a Service, Services, South Australia, State Government, Utilities | 0 |
Australian State Government Ransomware Attack December 2021: Up to 80000 South Australian Government employee data stolen in Frontier Software ransomware attack. Data accessed include names, dates of birth, tax file numbers, addresses, bank account details and pay details (remuneration, tax withheld, superannuation contributions).
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