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Incident: TechnologyOne investigates ‘cyber incident’ on M365 system | iTnews
by Steven Kirby | May 10, 2023 | Australian InfoSec Incidents 2023, Confidentiality, iTnews, Queensland, SaaS - Software as a Service | 0 |
Australian SaaS Provider Breach 10 May 2023: TechnologyOne investigates ‘cyber incident’ on M365 system. “Unauthorised third party” has accessed the company’s internal Microsoft 365 platform.
Read MoreIncident: Woman charged with accessing private data on NSW gov computer | iTnews
by Steven Kirby | Apr 13, 2023 | Australian InfoSec Incidents 2023, Confidentiality, Government Agency, iTnews, New South Wales, Police and Law Enforcement, State Government | 0 |
Australian Unauthorised Access Incident, 13 April 2023: Woman charged with accessing private data on NSW gov computer. Personal data which was shared with others for the purpose of criminal activity (kidnapping).
Read MoreIncident: Bug briefly exposed Service NSW data to other users | iTnews
by Steven Kirby | Apr 4, 2023 | Australian InfoSec Incidents 2023, Confidentiality, Government Agency, iTnews, New South Wales, State Government | 0 |
Australian State Government Cyber Incident, 04 April 2023: Bug briefly exposed Service NSW data to other users. ‘Technical issue’ may have exposed data of 3700 customers.
Read MoreIncident: IPH enters trading halt after ‘cyber incident’ | iTnews
by Steven Kirby | Mar 15, 2023 | Australian InfoSec Incidents 2023, iTnews, Law & Legal, New South Wales | 0 |
Australian Cyber Incident, 15 March 2023: IPH enters trading halt after ‘cyber incident’. Unauthorised access to the document management systems of the IPH head office and two IPH member firms in Australia, Spruson & Ferguson (Australia) and Griffith Hack.
Read MoreIncident: Frontier Software breach spreads to NSW Health | iTnews
by Steven Kirby | Mar 9, 2023 | Australian InfoSec Incidents 2023, Confidentiality, Human Resources, iTnews, Medical and Health Care, New South Wales, SaaS - Software as a Service | 0 |
Australian Ransomware Attack March 2022:: Frontier Software 2021 breach spreads to NSW Health, now reported. Frontier Software advised that payroll information of around 1600 former and current staff employed breached.
Read MoreIncident: Australian National Maritime Museum hit by alleged ‘trusted insider’ attack | iTNews
by Steven Kirby | Mar 6, 2023 | Australian InfoSec Incidents 2023, Confidentiality, Cyber Fraud, Federal Government, Insider Threat, Integrity, iTnews, New South Wales, State Government | 0 |
Australian Insider Cyber Fraud, 06 March 2023: Australian National Maritime Museum hit by alleged ‘trusted insider’ attack. Contractor allegedly accessed accounting system, changing bank account details stored to his own.
Read MoreAudit: Victoria audit warns of weak IT controls in council systems | iTnews
by Steven Kirby | Feb 27, 2023 | A05.35 Independent review of information security, Australian Audit Report 2023, Availability, Compliance, Confidentiality, Integrity, iTnews, Local Government, State Government, Victoria | 0 |
Victorian Local Government Audit Report 27 February 2023: Victoria audit reports a significant rise in IT control weaknesses in council systems. Calls for Essential Eight adoption.
Read MoreIncident: Fire Rescue Victoria investigating security incident | iTnews
by Steven Kirby | Dec 16, 2022 | Australian InfoSec Incidents 2022, Availability, iTnews, State Government, Victoria | 0 |
UPDATE Australian Cyber Incident December 2022: Fire Rescue Victoria confirms cyber attack from ‘external third party’ as outage continues. Outage could last “three or four days.”
Read MoreIncident: APA, Viterra caught up in Frontier ransomware attack | iTnews
by Steven Kirby | Nov 2, 2022 | Agriculture and Farming, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2022, Availability, Building and Construction, Confidentiality, Human Resources, Integrity, ISO27k 8.7 Protection against malware, iTnews, SaaS - Software as a Service | 0 |
Australian Ransomware November 2022: Infrastructure operator APA Group, and agribusiness Viterra caught up in Frontier ransomware attack. Other previously unreported incidents, Indigenous Land and Sea Corporation and Workskil Australia.
Read MoreIncident: Australian strata company SSKB breached | iTnews
by Steven Kirby | Oct 28, 2022 | Australian InfoSec Incidents 2022, Availability, Confidentiality, Integrity, ISO27k 8.7 Protection against malware, iTnews, Privacy Breach, Queensland, Ransomware, Real Estate and Property Management | 0 |
Australian Ransomware Attack, 28 October 2022: Gold Coast Australian: Strata management firm SSKB is the latest company to fall victim to a ransomware attack. Attackers’ posted a ransom demand and claimed to have stolen 200GB of data.
Read MoreIncident: Student details, photos exposed in University of WA data breach | iTnews
by Steven Kirby | Aug 1, 2022 | Australian InfoSec Incidents 2022, Confidentiality, Education and Training, iTnews, Privacy Breach, Western Australia | 0 |
Australian University Privacy Incident August 2022: Student details, photos exposed in University of Western Australia data breach. The privacy breach that may have compromised the information of hundreds of current and past student.
Read MoreAudit: Vic privacy watchdog uncovers third-party infosec risks at four agencies | iTnews
by Steven Kirby | Jul 22, 2022 | A05.35 Independent review of information security, Australian Audit Report 2022, Availability, Compliance, Confidentiality, Integrity, iTnews, State Government, Victoria | 0 |
Australian Audit Report July 2022: Victorian privacy watchdog uncovers third-party infosec risks at four agencies. Agencies only partially effective at ensuring that third parties are securing public sector information.
Read MoreIncident: Deakin University reveals breach of 47,000 students’ details | iTnews
by Steven Kirby | Jul 13, 2022 | Australian InfoSec Incidents 2022, Confidentiality, Education and Training, iTnews, Password, Privacy Breach, SMiShing, Threat Vector, Victoria | 0 |
Australian Cyber Attack July 2022: Deakin University reveals privacy breach of 47,000 students’ details. Subset targeted with smish sent via officially-used SMS channel
Read MoreIncident: Melbourne’s Port Phillip Prison jail targeted by anonymous hackers in cyber attack | MSN
by Steven Kirby | Jul 7, 2022 | Australian InfoSec Incidents 2022, Availability, Confidentiality, Hacked, Integrity, iTnews, MSN Australia, Police and Law Enforcement, Privacy Breach, State Government, Victoria | 0 |
Australian Jail Cyber Attack July 2022: Melbourne’s Port Phillip Prison jail targeted by anonymous hackers in cyber attack. Hackers take control of the G4S operated jail’s online network.
Read MoreIncident: NSW public insurer icare privacy bungle hits 193,000 people | iTnews
by Steven Kirby | Jun 2, 2022 | Australian InfoSec Incidents 2022, Banking and Finance, Confidentiality, Data Handling, Email, Insider Threat, iTnews, Medical and Health Care, New South Wales, Privacy Breach | 0 |
Australian Insurer Privacy Breach June 2022: NSW public insurer icare sends private details of 193,000 workers to wrong employers. Excel spreadsheet emailed to 587 wrong employers and brokers
Read MoreIncident: 50k customers caught up in Tasmanian Spirit Super phishing attack | iTnews
by Steven Kirby | May 30, 2022 | Australian InfoSec Incidents 2022, Banking and Finance, Confidentiality, Email Phishing, iTnews, Privacy Breach, Tasmania | 0 |
Australian Superfund Phishing Attack May 2022: 50k customers caught up in Tasmanian Spirit Super phishing attack. Data possibly compromised after attacker overcame MFA on email account.
Read MoreIncident: NSW digital driver’s licences ‘easily forgeable’ | iTnews
by Steven Kirby | May 18, 2022 | Australian InfoSec Incidents 2022, Integrity, iTnews, Mobile App, New South Wales, State Government | 0 |
Australian Cyber Security Failure May 2022: NSW digital driver’s licences ‘easily forgeable’. Underage people allegedly go drinking with fake IDs.
Read MoreIncident: TfNSW hit by second cyber attack in less than 18 months | iTnews
by Steven Kirby | May 4, 2022 | Australian InfoSec Incidents 2022, Confidentiality, iTnews, New South Wales, Privacy Breach, State Government, Transport and Logistics | 0 |
Australian Privacy Breach May 2022: Transport for NSW hit by second cyber attack in less than 18 months. An online application used by vehicle examiners to conduct roadworthiness inspections in NSW has been struck by a cyber attack.
Read MoreIncident: Tens of thousands locked out of ATO Online accounts after payroll hack | iTnews
by Steven Kirby | Dec 17, 2021 | Australia, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2021, Availability, Federal Government, ISO27k 8.7 Protection against malware, iTnews, Ransomware, SaaS - Software as a Service | 0 |
Australian Government Payroll Outage December 2021: Tens of thousands locked out of ATO Online accounts after payroll hack. Linked to ransomware attack on major payroll software provider Frontier Software last month.
Read MoreIncident: Queensland’s CS Energy has its corporate systems infected by ransomware | iTnews
by Steven Kirby | Nov 30, 2021 | Australia, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2021, Availability, Integrity, ISO27k 8.7 Protection against malware, iTnews, Queensland, Utilities | 0 |
Australian Energy Provider Ransomware Attack November 2021. Queensland’s CS Energy has its corporate systems infected by ransomware. The incident has not impacted electricity generation.
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