Australian Privacy Breach January 2022: Bunnings private customer data exposed in data breach. Names, phone numbers and email addresses have been exposed via a third-party website FlexBooker.
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Australia Data Insider Access Incident May 2021: A Service NSW worker could face criminal charges involving accessing a restricted database. ICAC said, the agency had “misplaced confidence” in the effectiveness of its controls.
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Australia Software Company Cyberattack April 2021: Enterprises need to change passwords following Australian privilege access management company ClickStudios, Passwordstate attack. Advises “please reset all the stored passwords, VPNs/Firewall/Switches, local accounts or any server passwords”
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Australian Privacy Breach March 2021: Ex-worker who was investigated over child sex offences accessed sensitive data 260 times including after leaving the job. Child welfare advocates say unauthorised data access puts children at risk.
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Australian Insider Privacy Breach March 2021: Australian Fair Work Commission upholds dismissal of ANZ banker who accessed private info about a colleague and celebrity. ANZ did not accept the employee’s explanation and terminated her employment immediately.
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Australian Detailed Privacy Breach September 2020: Scouts Victoria data breach potentially nets 900 people’s personal details including bank details, birth certificates and court orders.
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Australian Privacy Exposure September 2020: Misconfigured UTAS SharePoint site exposed 20,000 students’ details. Security settings allowed broad access to files.
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Australian Insider Unauthorised Access September 2020: Government contractor accessed private data over ‘grudge’
using access to job seeker records to illegally access the Commonwealth data of four people.
Australian Government Privacy Breach September 2020: Data breach exposes tens of thousands of NSW driver’s licences online. The documents feature scans of licences which reveal information such as names and addresses.
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Australian Offboarding Fail August 2020: Sydney Tools sues competitor Total Tools over alleged email hacking. Confirmed it is suing competitor Total Tools over an alleged email hacking.
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August 17 2019 Audit Finding: The confidential records of children and teachers have been left vulnerable to cyber security attacks and data mismanagement due to education departmental oversight in the Northern Territory Government, a report from the auditor general’s office has revealed.
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Australian Information Security Incident Reported: September 8 2017 An Australian military staffer...
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Hackers are alleged to have stolen more than 80,000 documents totalling 100 gigabytes of data from a Sydney-based property investment firm. • Fri, 01 … [...]
Scammers observed impersonating Aussie toll operator Linkt and the New Zealand Police and Ministry of Justice. • Wed, 29 Apr 2026 • … [...]
A cyber attack impacting a New Zealand city council has compromised the data of hundreds of people. • Wed, 29 Apr 2026 • Security *]:clear-none … [...]
Hackers claim to have stolen 441 gigabytes of data, including internal correspondence, driver’s licence scans and revealing Christmas party photos. • … [...]
Major Australian ice-cream retailer Gelatissimo has launched an investigation into claims made by hackers that the company was breached in a … [...]
Two-thirds of Australians are sharing key information that makes them easy targets for scammers and cyber criminals. The new research from the Department of Home Affairs also found more than [...]
A 45-year-old New South Wales Treasury employee has been arrested and charged with accessing and downloading over 5,500 sensitive government documents containing confidential, commercial and financial information across multiple NSW [...]
Australian banks, power providers and infrastructure firms do not have access to test their systems against a powerful new AI cybersecurity risk, Anthropic's Mythos. Anthropic has claimed Claude Mythos is [...]
A newly published Australian Army Research Centre paper has highlighted the need for Australia to establish an Australian national cyber reserve … [...]
Australian investment firm Generation Life says there is no evidence of any unauthorised transaction, but is investigating a potential data breach. • … [...]
A determination issued today by the Privacy Commissioner finds that the 2Apply rental technology platform, operated by InspectRealEstate (IRE), … [...]
