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Audit: 328 weaknesses found by WA Auditor-General ...

Posted by Steven Kirby | May 12, 2021 | Australian Audit Report 2021, Availability, Compliance, Confidentiality, Integrity, Internet of Things (IoT), Local Government, Western Australia | 0 |

Audit: West Australian Local Government Information Systems Audit Report “a significant area of concern”

by Steven Kirby | Jun 22, 2022 | 18.02.01 Independent review of information security, Australian Audit Report 2022, Availability, Compliance, Confidentiality, Integrity, kirbyIDau News, Local Government, Western Australia | 0 |

Australian Audit Report June 2022: West Australian Local Government Information Systems Audit Report “a significant area of concern”. None of the 12 entities where we performed capability maturity assessments met benchmark.

Audit: WA councils fail to detect simulated cyber attack in audit | iTnews

by Steven Kirby | Nov 25, 2021 | 18.02.01 Independent review of information security, Australian Audit Report 2021, Availability, Compliance, Confidentiality, Integrity, Local Government, Western Australia | 0 |

West Australia Council Audit Report November 2021. WA councils fail to detect simulated cyber attack in audit. Only three out of 15 entities did so in a “timely manner”.

Audit: Dozens of NSW councils still without basic cyber security controls, audit finds | iTnews

by Steven Kirby | May 28, 2021 | Australian Audit Report 2021, Availability, Compliance, Confidentiality, Integrity, iTnews, Local Government, New South Wales | 0 |

Australian Audit Fail May 2021<: Dozens of NSW councils still without basic cyber security controls, audit finds. Poor management of cyber security at 58 of the state’s 128 local councils, nine county councils and 13 joint organisations.

Audit: 328 weaknesses found by WA Auditor-General in 50 local government systems | ZDNet

by Steven Kirby | May 12, 2021 | Australian Audit Report 2021, Availability, Compliance, Confidentiality, Integrity, Internet of Things (IoT), Local Government, Western Australia | 0 |

Western Australian Audit Report November 2020. WA registry system flaws force auditor to delay findings by 18 months. ‘Highly unusual step’ taken to protect foundational system.

Incident: Melbourne council apologises for data breach | Government News (Australia)

by Steven Kirby | Oct 28, 2020 | Australian InfoSec Incidents 2020, Confidentiality, Control of operational software, Government News (Australia), Local Government, Privacy Breach, Victoria, Website | 0 |

Australian Privacy Breach October 2020: City of Port Phillip Council has apologised for accidentally sharing personal information identifying people who reported graffiti on a public government website. The data is open to the public so council is unable to say who has accessed it.

Incident: Overseas hackers break into Mosman Council database. |The Daily Telegraph

by Steven Kirby | Oct 20, 2020 | Australian InfoSec Incidents 2020, Confidentiality, Data Breach, Hacked, Human Resources, Local Government, New South Wales, Privacy, The Daily Telegraph | 0 |

Australian Database Hacked October 2020. Overseas hackers break into Sydney’s north shore Mosman Council salary database. A “small amount of money” was siphoned in the incident.

Audit: NSW govt blasted for failing councils on cyber security | iTnews

by Steven Kirby | Oct 9, 2020 | Australian Audit Report 2020, Compliance, iTnews, Local Government, New South Wales | 0 |

Australian Audit Report October 2020: New South Wales government blasted for failing councils on cyber security. Audit “complete lack” of support for IT security.

Incident: Thousands of personal and work email addresses leaked in major myDarwin data breach | NT News

by Steven Kirby | Jul 15, 2020 | Australian InfoSec Incidents 2020, Data Breach, Local Government, Northern Territory, NT News, Privacy Breach | 0 |

Australian Council Privacy Breach: July 15 2020. The email addresses of thousands of Territorians have been “accidentally” leaked by the City of Darwin ahead of the next round of the MyDarwin voucher scheme.

Incident: Cyber-security fears takes Geelong Council website offline | Bay 93.9 Geelong

by Steven Kirby | May 27, 2020 | Australian InfoSec Incidents 2020, Cybersecurity, In the Press, Local Government, Victoria | 0 |

Australian Information Cybersecurity Incident May 2020: Geelong Council has taken the Geelong Australia website offline on Wednesday afternoon following a cyber-security incident.

Incident: Suspected Ryuk ransomware attack locks down Adelaide’s City of Onkaparinga council | ABC News (Australia)

by Steven Kirby | Jan 6, 2020 | ABC News (Australia), Australian InfoSec Incidents 2020, Local Government, Ransomware, South Australia | 0 |

Australian Local Government Ransomware January 2020: Suspected Ryuk ransomware attack locks down Adelaide’s City of Onkaparinga council. Forced staff to start their holidays earlier than planned.

Incident: Redland City councillor Tracey Huges ‘deeply sorry’ over mistake in attaching spreadsheet to New Year’s Eve invitation | Redland City Bulletin

by Steven Kirby | Jan 3, 2020 | Australian InfoSec Incidents 2020, Data Handling, Email, In the Press, Local Government, Privacy Breach, Queensland | 0 |

Australian Privacy Breach January 2020: Redland City councillor Tracey Huges ‘deeply sorry’ over mistake in attaching spreadsheet to New Year’s Eve invitation, with the personal details of 297 residents, and their details of correspondence with council

Incident: Hack spam sent via Australian hazard alert service | iTnews

by Steven Kirby | Jan 7, 2019 | Australian InfoSec Incident, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2019, Hacked, iTnews, Local Government, New South Wales, Password, State Government, Telcommunications and Internet Service Provider, Unauthorised Access | 0 |

Early Warning Network, a NSW company providing weather, fire and other alerts to councils and others, had a login compromised and used by an unknown party to make threats about customer security.

Incident: City of Ballarat privacy nightmare: resident details posted online | The Courier

by Steven Kirby | Feb 21, 2018 | Australian InfoSec Incident, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2018, Data Breach, Data Handling, Local Government, Privacy Breach, The Courier, Victoria | 0 |

Australian Information Security Incident Reported: February 21 2018 The personal details appeared...

Incident: Queensland and Australian govt sites hijacked by crypto coin miner | iTnews

by Steven Kirby | Feb 12, 2018 | Australian InfoSec Incident, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2018, Cryptocurrency - Bitcoin, Federal Government, Government Agency, Hacked, iTnews, Local Government, Queensland, South Australia, State Government, Victoria, Website Compromise | 0 |

Australian Information Security Incident Reported: February 12 2018 The Queensland...

Incident: Fraser Coast Mayor Chris Loft charged with misconduct and computer hacking | ABC News (Australian)

by Steven Kirby | Nov 30, 2017 | ABC News (Australia), Australian InfoSec Incident, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2017, CyberCrime, Local Government, Queensland | 0 |

Australian Information Security Incident Reported: November 30 2017 Chris Loft was arrested this...

South Australia’s digital drivers’ licences to reduce possibility of forgery, Government says – ABC News (Australia)

by Steven Kirby | Oct 3, 2017 | ABC News (Australia), Identity Management, Identity Theft, Local Government, South Australia | 0 |

Drivers’ licences will enter the digital era next month with the State Government to make them available on a smartphone app in an effort to enhance security. Source: South Australia’s digital drivers’ licences...

Incident: Controversial security cameras in Moreton Bay have been compromised but Council will not provide details | ABC News (Australia)

by Steven Kirby | Jun 23, 2017 | ABC News (Australia), Australia, Australian InfoSec Incident, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2017, Hacked, In the Press, Local Government, Queensland | 0 |

Australian Information Security Incident Reported: June 23 2017 A Right to Information request...

Incident: Personal details of thousands of residents revealed by Melbourne council in data breach | ABC News (Australia)

by Steven Kirby | Nov 11, 2016 | ABC News (Australia), Australian InfoSec Incidents 2016, Data Handling, Email, Local Government, Medical and Health Care, Privacy, Privacy Breach, User Error, Victoria | 0 |

Australian Information Security Incident Reported: November 11 2016 A local council in...

Incident: Candidate hit by sexually explicit Facebook hack | The Chronicle

by Steven Kirby | Mar 21, 2016 | Australian InfoSec Incidents 2016, Local Government, Politician and Politics, Queensland, Social Media Incident | 0 |

March 21, 2016. Toowoomba Regional Council candidate, Diane Warr was left dumbfounded after a hacker posted sexually explicit photographs on her personal Facebook page.

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