Category: Brisbane Times

Incident: Hackers hit AICD cybersecurity conference | Brisbane Times

by Steven Kirby | Oct 25, 2022 | Australia, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2022, Brisbane Times, Industry Group and Association, Phishing | 0 |

Australian Phishing Attack October 2022: Australian Institute of Company Directors (AIDC) cybersecurity conference LinkedIn Chat hit by hackers. Official-looking AICD link and Eventbrite link were posted asking for credit card details.

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: Thousands of Optus mobile numbers mistakenly published in White Pages | Brisbane Times

by Steven Kirby | Oct 25, 2019 | Australia, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2019, Brisbane Times, Data Handling, Privacy Breach, Telcommunications and Internet Service Provider | 0 |

Australian Privacy Breach Incident October 2019: Tens of thousands of Australian Optus customers have had their mobile phone numbers and addresses mistakenly published online.

Incident: Cyber scare shuts down hospital IT systems in rural north-east Victoria | Brisbane Times

by Steven Kirby | Oct 23, 2019 | Australian InfoSec Incidents 2019, Brisbane Times, Malware, Medical and Health Care, State Government, Victoria, Virus Incident | 0 |

Australian Virus/Malware Incident October 2019: Australian Virus/Malware Incident October 2019: A number of rural Victorian health services in the state’s north-east were forced to shut down their IT systems due to a malware virus.

Incident: ‘Trusted inside access’: Sydney IT contractor arrested over Landmark White data breach | Brisbane Times

by Steven Kirby | Oct 2, 2019 | Australian InfoSec Incidents 2019, Brisbane Times, Data Breach, Insider Threat, New South Wales, Police and Law Enforcement, Real Estate and Property Management | 0 |

October 02 2019 Sydney Insider Charged: Sydney IT contractor arrested over Landmark White data breach containing property valuations, personal details and driver’s licences of a combined 275,000 individuals.

Incident: Landmark White home loan details of 100,000 customers hacked in major data breach | Brisbane Times

by Steven Kirby | Feb 12, 2019 | Australia, Australian InfoSec Incident, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2019, Banking and Finance, Brisbane Times, Data Breach, Hacked, Privacy Breach, Real Estate and Property Management | 0 |

The nation’s biggest banks are scrambling to contact up to 100,000 customers who may have been caught up in a major data breach at property valuation firm, LandMark White.

Incident: ‘Devastating blow’: Homewares business hit by apparent email scam | Brisbane Times

by Steven Kirby | Aug 13, 2018 | Australian InfoSec Incident, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2018, Brisbane Times, Cyber Fraud, CyberCrime, Email Spear Phing and Business Email Compromise (BEC), Retail, Victoria | 0 |

Australian Information Security Incident Reported: August 13 2018 Sage and Clare owner Phoebe Bell...

Incident: Chinese hackers breach ANU, putting national security at risk | SMH

by Steven Kirby | Jun 6, 2018 | Australian Capital Territory, Australian InfoSec Incident, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2018, Brisbane Times, Education and Training | 0 |

Australian Information Security Incident Reported: July 06 2018 China-based hackers have...

Incident: Queensland law firms lose millions to hackers in ‘highly-sophisticated’ email scam | Brisbane Times

by Steven Kirby | Dec 17, 2017 | Australian InfoSec Incident, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2017, Brisbane Times, Cyber Fraud, CyberCrime, Email Spear Phing and Business Email Compromise (BEC), Law & Legal, Queensland, Scam | 0 |

Australian Information Security Incident Reported: December 17 2017 At least two Queensland law...

‘Mole’ hunted by company after posting confidential information to Twitter | Brisbane Times

by Steven Kirby | Oct 9, 2017 | Australia, Brisbane Times, Data Breach, Insider Threat | 0 |

A suspected mole is being hunted by an Australian company after four Twitter accounts began to publish its secret financial information. Source: ‘Mole’ hunted by company after posting confidential information to...

Man charged after North Bondi robbery linked to dating app | Brisbane Times

by Steven Kirby | Sep 13, 2017 | Brisbane Times, Cybersecurity, eSafety, Law & Legal, New South Wales, Online Dating, Social Media | 0 |

A man has been charged in relation to a robbery in Sydney’s eastern suburbs early on Sunday which is believed to be linked to a dating application. Source: Man charged after North Bondi robbery linked to dating...

Queensland police get new spy powers to hack smart-devices, demand encryption keys to tackle terrorism | Brisbane Times

by Steven Kirby | Sep 12, 2017 | Brisbane Times, Cybersecurity, Digital Rights, Encryption, Legislation and Regulation, Policing and Law Enforcement, Privacy, Queensland, State Government | 0 |

Queensland police have been granted new powers that let them exploit phones and smart-devices for surveillance purposes with the intention of combating terrorism, after a new piece of legislation passed with bipartisan support...

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Category: Brisbane Times

Incident: Hackers hit AICD cybersecurity conference | Brisbane Times

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

Incident: Thousands of Optus mobile numbers mistakenly published in White Pages | Brisbane Times

Incident: Cyber scare shuts down hospital IT systems in rural north-east Victoria | Brisbane Times

Incident: ‘Trusted inside access’: Sydney IT contractor arrested over Landmark White data breach | Brisbane Times

Incident: Landmark White home loan details of 100,000 customers hacked in major data breach | Brisbane Times

Incident: ‘Devastating blow’: Homewares business hit by apparent email scam | Brisbane Times

Incident: Chinese hackers breach ANU, putting national security at risk | SMH

Incident: Queensland law firms lose millions to hackers in ‘highly-sophisticated’ email scam | Brisbane Times

‘Mole’ hunted by company after posting confidential information to Twitter | Brisbane Times

Queensland police get new spy powers to hack smart-devices, demand encryption keys to tackle terrorism | Brisbane Times

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