Category: Confidentiality
Incident: Waverley Christian College confirms cyber incident after ransomware gang claims attack | Cyberdaily.au
Australian Education Ransomware Attack, 18 December 2024: Victoria – Waverley Christian College confirms cyber incident after Fog ransomware gang claims attack. Fog ransomware operation claims to have stolen five gigabytes of data including financial and insurance documents, internal correspondence, and other sensitive information.
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Incident: Medusa claims 852.4GB of data stolen from Ainsworth Game Technology | Cyberdaily.au
Australian Ransomware Attack, 12 December 2024: Medusa claims 852.4GB of data stolen from Ainsworth Game Technology. Include, confidential business information, employee data, including names, dates of birth, email addresses, bank account numbers, tax ID numbers and cards, passports.
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Incident: KillSec ransomware claims breach on Australian educational support platform | Cyberdaily.au
Australian Education Ransomware Attack, 10 December 2024: KillSec ransomware claims breach on Australian educational support platform Thanks For The Help (TFTH). The company’s website has been flagged by the Australian government’s Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency for providing essay writing services.
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Incident: Australian disability services website defaced by DXPLOIT and other ‘hacktivists’ | Cyberdaily.au
Australian Health Website Hack, 4 December 2024: Western Australian Onestep Disability Services website defaced by DXPLOIT and other ‘hacktivists’. The incident underscores the growing threat of cyber-attacks by hacktivist groups.
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Incident: Finsure confirms ‘cyber incident’ impacting customers and brokers | TheAdviser
Australian Finance Services Privacy Breach, 27 November 2024: Mortgage broker Finsure confirms ‘cyber incident’ impacting customers and brokers. Finsure has confirmed that the marketing data of a number of its brokers and customers was impacted as a result of breach of their third-party provider Activepipe.
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Incident: Fencing and site security firm ATF Services confirms cyber attack | Cyberdaily.au
Australian Ransomware Attack, 26 November 2024: ATF Services has confirmed the incident after the INC Ransom ransomware gang claimed to have stolen one terabyte of the company’s data. Includes internal contact lists, loan and tax documents, debtors and creditors, customer data, and earnings forecasts.
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Incident: Snow Brand Australia confirms SafePay ransomware attack | Cyberdaily.au
Australian Manufacturing Ransomware Attack, 22 November 2024: Victorian based Snow Brand Australia confirms SafePay ransomware attack. Stolen 24 gigabytes, including financial data invoices, purchase orders, and details of retail partners. Also employee data, medical certificates, superannuation details, and Medicare applications.
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Incident: RansomHub hits third-party ASIC compliance firm in alleged cyber attack | Cyberdaily.au
Australian Ransomware Attack, 20 November 2024: Notorious ransomware gang RansomHub has claimed an attack on a third-party firm that assists businesses with ASIC compliance. RansomHub claims to have exfiltrated 30 gigabytes of data.
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Incident: Wollongong-based Micon Office National confirms ransomware attack | Cyberdaily.au
Australian Retail Ransomware Attack, 15 November 2024: The Sarcoma ransomware gang has claimed Australian office furniture supplier Micon Office National as a victim on its darknet leak site. Potentially 34 gigabytes of data exfiltrated from the company and is threatening to publish the data within 11 days.
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Incident: Followmont Transport confirms ‘unauthorised access to our systems’ | Cyberdaily.au
Australian Transport Ransomware Attack, 13 November 2024: Ransomware gang Akira claims breach of Queensland-based transport company Followmont Transport. Akira “We will upload 230Gb of data including NDAs, passports, lot,’s of driver licenses, medical documents, detailed financial information.
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Incident: Medical research group Harry Perkins Institute investigates major cyber security breach | ABC News Australia
Australian Medical Ransomware Attack, 3 July 2024: The Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research in Perth is investigating a major cyber security incident. Medusa ransomware gang claims to have more than four terabytes of internal video camera footage.
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Incident: Year 11 students expelled for hacking schools IT systems for years undetected | PerthNow
Australian Education Access Breach, 24 June 2024: Perth, Western Australia – Year 11 students expelled for hacking schools IT systems for years undetected. Students used the teacher’s details to access their grades and other students’ personal information.
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Incident: Medusa ransomware group hits Victoria Racing Club | iTWire
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.
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Incident: City of Moreton Bay council launches investigation as private ratepayer information leaked online | ABC News Australia
Australian Council Privacy Breach, 11 June 2024: City of Moreton Bay council launches investigation as private ratepayer information leaked online. Private ratepayer information and complaints has been accidentally published on Moreton Bay City Council’s website.
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Incident: Panasonic Australia confirms cyber incident following Akira ransomware claim | cyberdaily.au
Australian Manufacturing Ransomware Attack, 7 June 2024: Panasonic Australia confirms cyber incident following Akira ransomware claim. Akira claims breached – contracts, project files stolen, and other confidential information.
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Incident: Four’N Twenty owner Patties Foods reportedly targeted in ‘data breach’ | Mumbrella
Australian Food Manufacturing Data Breach, 6 June 2024: Four’N Twenty owner Patties Foods based in Victoria reportedly targeted in ‘data breach’. Cybersecurity researcher Jeremiah Fowler, discovered two separate database exposures that were publicly accessible and non-password protected.
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Incident: Rare earths miner targeted in cyber attack prior to removal of Chinese investors | ABC News Australia
Australian Mining Data Breach, 4 June 2024: Rare earths miner Northern Minerals, targeted in cyberattack prior to removal of Chinese investors. BianLian boasts of having stolen operational, strategical, financial and personal employee data.
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Incident: Ticketek Australia says customers’ names, emails and dates of birth may have been accessed in cyber security breach | ABC News Australia
Australian Entertainment Privacy Breach, 31 May 2024: Ticketek Australia says customers’ names, emails and dates of birth may have been accessed in cyber security breach. The announcement comes just days after rival company Ticketmaster was reportedly attacked by a hacker group which stole customer information.
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Incident: Victoria’s largest childcare org discloses data breach, ID document scans stolen | cyberdaily.au
Australian Childcare Privacy Breach, 31 May 2024: Victoria’s largest childcare org Guardian Childcare, discloses data breach, it was targeted in cyberattack. In the data breach, attackers stole identification documents, potentially impacting thousands of families.
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Incident Updated: Australian government investigating ‘large-scale ransomware’ data breach of script provider MediSecure | ABC News (Australia)
Australian Medical Data Breach, 16 May 2024: E-script provider MediSecure is the health organisation at the centre of the large-scale ransomware data breach. Early indicators suggest the incident originated from one of our third-party vendors.
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