Incident: Yarra Trams data breach: Commuters’ email addresses exposed | Brisbane Times
Australian Privacy Breach February 2020: Yarra Trams data breach, 91 commuters’ email addresses exposed by careless email
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Incident: Thousands of Optus mobile numbers mistakenly published in White Pages | Brisbane Times
Australian Privacy Breach Incident October 2019: Tens of thousands of Australian Optus customers have had their mobile phone numbers and addresses mistakenly published online.
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Incident: Cyber scare shuts down hospital IT systems in rural north-east Victoria | Brisbane Times
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.
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Incident: ‘Trusted inside access’: Sydney IT contractor arrested over Landmark White data breach | Brisbane Times
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.
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Incident: Landmark White home loan details of 100,000 customers hacked in major data breach | Brisbane Times
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.
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Incident: ‘Devastating blow’: Homewares business hit by apparent email scam | Brisbane Times
Australian Information Security Incident Reported: August 13 2018 Sage and Clare owner Phoebe Bell...
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Incident: Chinese hackers breach ANU, putting national security at risk | SMH
Australian Information Security Incident Reported: July 06 2018 China-based hackers have...
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Incident: Queensland law firms lose millions to hackers in ‘highly-sophisticated’ email scam | Brisbane Times
Australian Information Security Incident Reported: December 17 2017 At least two Queensland law...
Read More‘Mole’ hunted by company after posting confidential information to Twitter | Brisbane Times
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...
Read MoreMan charged after North Bondi robbery linked to dating app | Brisbane Times
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...
Read MoreQueensland police get new spy powers to hack smart-devices, demand encryption keys to tackle terrorism | Brisbane Times
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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The Australian Cyber Security Centre helped federal, state and local government agencies avert compromise through a vulnerability in MobileIron … Read more » - Cops and robbers reboot: why we need the long arm of digital trickery to defeat global crimeJune 12, 2021 — 3.27am The good guys announced that they’d struck two heavy blows against the bad guys this week. In the first, 9000 crooks from more … Read more »
- ‘This is what bad looks like’: Major company ignored Australia’s cyber spy agency after hack
By Anthony Galloway June 11, 2021 — 2.14pm A major company in charge of critical infrastructure refused to comply with Australia’s cyber spy agency for … Read more » - Security boss wants to tackle cybercrime like the British Navy fought pirates in the CaribbeanHome Affairs boss Mike Pezzullo says Australia should take on cybercriminals like the British Navy fought the pirates of the Caribbean in the 17th … Read more »
- AFP told to end over-reliance on network drives
The Australian Federal Police has been told to end its reliance on network drives for storing digital operational records after more than 90 percent … Read more » - Govt seeks input on digital ID expansion plans
The federal government has provided the most comprehensive look at planned legislation for the expansion of its federated digital identity scheme to … Read more »
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