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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