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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: 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.

Optus Business flags $3.5M cyber security research play | ARN

by Steven Kirby | Nov 27, 2017 | ARN from IDG, Australia, Cybersecurity, Cybersecurity Research, Federal Government | 0 |

Optus Business is putting $3.5 million into Australia’s industry-led Cyber Security Cooperation Research Centre. Source: Optus Business flags $3.5M cyber security research play

GPs, gyms, and childcare centres may have obligations under the Notifiable Data Breaches scheme — will your organisation?

by Steven Kirby | Nov 20, 2017 | ARN from IDG, Australia, Breach Response, Cloud, Cybersecurity, Data Breach | 0 |

Private sector health service providers will be required to notify affected individuals and the Australian Information Commissioner of data breaches that are likely to cause serious harm under the Notifiable Data Breaches (NDB)...

Cyber criminals target Australia through fake Microsoft Office 365 site | ARN

by Steven Kirby | Nov 15, 2017 | ARN from IDG, Australia, CyberCrime, Email Phishing, Scam | 0 |

A new phishing scam impersonating Microsoft Office 365 started hitting Aussie inboxes this week. Source: Cyber criminals target Australia through fake Microsoft Office 365 site

Data governance in focus following Australia’s second-largest breach | ARN

by Steven Kirby | Nov 12, 2017 | ARN from IDG, Australia, Breach Response, Cloud, Cybersecurity, Data Breach | 0 |

Following latest high-profile Government data breach, local partners weigh in on how IT contractors can avoid being caught up in the headlines. Source: Data governance in focus following Australia’s second-largest...

What will the Govt’s critical infrastructure laws mean for IT partners? | ARN

by Steven Kirby | Oct 31, 2017 | ARN from IDG, Australia, Critical Infrastructure, Cybersecurity, Federal Government, IT Industry | 0 |

The Federal Government calls for industry feedback over its proposed critical infrastructure security laws. Source: What will the Govt’s critical infrastructure laws mean for IT partners? – ARN

Incident: Queensland business loses $1.9M to cyber scam | ARN

by Steven Kirby | Sep 11, 2017 | ARN from IDG, Australian InfoSec Incident, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2017, Cyber Fraud, Email Spear Phing and Business Email Compromise (BEC), Policing and Law Enforcement, Queensland | 0 |

Australian Information Security Incident Reported: September 11 2017 The Queensland Police...

Tropical storms sever sub-sea links between Australia and Asia | ARN

by Steven Kirby | Aug 31, 2017 | APAC, ARN from IDG, Australia, Business Continuity, Network, Telcommunications and Internet Service Provider | 0 |

The tropical storms that have rocked parts of South East Asia over the past week have knocked out sub-sea data cables between Australia and Asia. Source: Tropical storms sever sub-sea links between Australia and Asia –...

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Category: ARN from IDG

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

Incident: Police officer facing computer hacking charges | ARN

Optus Business flags $3.5M cyber security research play | ARN

GPs, gyms, and childcare centres may have obligations under the Notifiable Data Breaches scheme — will your organisation?

Cyber criminals target Australia through fake Microsoft Office 365 site | ARN

Data governance in focus following Australia’s second-largest breach | ARN

What will the Govt’s critical infrastructure laws mean for IT partners? | ARN

Incident: Queensland business loses $1.9M to cyber scam | ARN

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