Home » In the Press »
Australian Racing Club Ransomware Attack, 16 June 2024: The Victoria Racing Club has been hit by ransomware. Medusa group claiming credit for gaining access to the organisation’s network stealing 128.1GB of data and demanding US$700,000.
Read More
Australian Education Ransomware Attack, 19 July 2023: Australian Academy of Vocational Education and Trades trading as Academia, has been hit by the Windows ransomware group Lockbit 3.0. The attackers have given the organisation a deadline of 24 July to get in touch and presumably negotiate a ransom payment.
Read More
Australian Mining Cyber Incident, 18 July 2023: Iron ore giant Fortescue Metals targeted by Russian ransomware group. Australian mining company confirms hack occurred on 28 May but data disclosed ‘was not confidential in nature’.
Read More
Australian Cyber Incident November 2022: Real estate company Harcourts says its Melbourne City franchise has been breached. The rental property database had been accessed by an unknown third party without authorisation.
Read More
Australian Defence Ransomware Incident October 2022: Ransomware attack on Dialog also took down Australian Department of Defence service ForceNet. An Agenda ransomware attack hit a communications platform used by the Department of Defence.
Read More
Australian Energy Utility Incident October 2022. Electricity and gas retailer EnergyAustralia has disclosed a breach of its MyAccount platform. The company says affected 323 small business and residential customers and was automated through use of a password bot.
Read More
Australian Ransomware Attack October 2022: Singtel-owned Australian-based IT services provider Dialog hit by Windows ransomware. The attack on Dialog was carried out using the Agenda ransomware that runs only on Windows systems
Read More
Australian Phishing Incident October 2022: The Costa Group, Australia’s leading grower, packer and marketer of fresh fruit and vegetables, has been hit by “a malicious and sophisticated IT phishing attack”. The attack could have resulted in passport, bank and superannuation details being leaked, as also tax file numbers.
Read More
Australia Political Ransomware Attack May 2021: The NSW branch of the Labor Party appears to have suffered a Windows ransomware attack, with the Avaddon strain having been used to attack the party’s network. Photocopies of an Australian passport, a driver’s licence and a number of other documents have been posted online.
Read More
Australian Ransomware Breach December 2020 – Automotive services provider Inchcape Australia appears to have been compromised by the Windows Ransomexx ransomware. Cyber criminals who hit the company leaking some data that they stole, on the dark web.
Read More
New Zealand Ransomware Attack December 2020. NZ financial strategies provider Staircase hit by Windows NetWalker ransomware. The attackers have listed a number of data files on their site on the dark web
Read More
Australian Service Provider Hacked? October 2020: Nitro Software user database put up for sale on dark web. A group that uses the name Shiny Hunters appears to have put up a database exfiltrated during a data breach of ASX-listed Nitro Software, a firm that offers a service to create, edit and sign PDFs and digital documents, on the dark web for sale.
Read More
Australian Ransomware Attack October 2020: Spotless Group, the Downer-owned facilities services provider, is the latest high-profile Australian company to fall victim to ransomware attackers. Confirms a ‘number’ of servers ‘accessed’.
Read More
Australian Ransomware Attack September 2020: Australian workforce design and delivery firm Tandem Corp hit by Windows NetWalker ransomware. Allegedly stolen information includes financial data, personnel information, and also passport details.
Read More
Australian Ransomware Data Breach September 2020: Australian company Jands appears to have been hit by Windows ransomware. NetWalker encrypted and stole financial data, customer details and other miscellaneous data.
Read More
Australian Ransomware Attack July 2020: Sydney strata management firm Strata Plus hit by Maze ransomware.The Australian strata management company Strata Plus appears to have been hit by a gang using the Maze ransomware that can wreak havoc on Windows systems.
Read More
Australian Malware Attack June 2020: Windows ransomware has now hit much closer to home, with cyber criminals using the REvil ransomware to attack the Melbourne-based contract formulation and packing company Chem Pack
Read More
Australian Ransomware Attack June 2020: Matthews Australasia and Fitzpatrick Rushinek Associates have been hit by attackers using the Mespinoza/Pysa Windows ransomware, the same malware that was used to take down the Australian money management firm MyBudget, security sources have told iTWire
Read More
Australian Ransomware Attack May 2020: Australian customer experience firm Stellar, that also operates across Asia, North America and Africa, appears to have taken a hit from a group of attackers using the NetWalker ransomware that works on Windows systems.
Read More
Australian Ransomware Attack May 2020: Sydney sports speciality store chain IN SPORTS has been hit by the REvil ransomware that attacks Windows systems and a limited set of data from the company has been published on the dark web by the attackers.
Read More
Home » In the Press »
On 10 May 2023, the OAIC commenced an investigation into the personal information handling practices of the Latitude group of companies[1] (Latitude). … [...]
Washington | The Chinese government has taken possession of potentially sensitive F-35 stealth aircraft parts that were inexplicably diverted to Hong … [...]
Major Australian bank NAB has restored systems following online outages that prevented customers from using their services. • Thu, 24 Sep 2026 • … [...]
An unprecedented breach of a government website by a rogue OpenAI agent will sharpen Australia's push to impose stricter safety, transparency and … [...]
The hotel company, Quest, is warning customers they may need to replace their driver's licences and passports. It comes after a cyber hack last month exposed swathes of personal information, [...]
The federal government has raised concerns about uncontrolled and unauthorised AI activity after an AI model infiltrated a Medicare platform owned by Services Australia. The OpenAI agent accessed data not [...]
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has revealed an AI agent hacked into an Australian Medicare portal earlier this year. The OpenAI agent reportedly gained unauthorised access to private and public data [...]
A swarm of OpenAI rogue AI agents appear to have gone on a spree of trying to access Australian government health data, in what some researchers say … [...]
Key points An OpenAI agent gained unauthorised access to both public and non-public files on a Medicare statistics reporting portal, Anthony Albanese … [...]
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has revealed an AI agent hacked into an Australian Medicare data portal earlier this year. Speaking in New York, Mr … [...]
Quest Apartments has advised customers affected by a data breach in August to replace their passports and driver's licences after its investigation … [...]
The Flying Kangaroo and a Sydney hotel warn customers not to share payment details following suspicious messages targeting Qantas Hotels customers. • … [...]