Category: New South Wales

Incident: University of Sydney caught up in third-party data breach | iTNews

by Steven Kirby | Sep 1, 2023 | Australian InfoSec Incidents 2023, Confidentiality, Education and Training, iTnews, New South Wales, Privacy, Third-Party Risk | 0 |

Australian University Third-Party Data Breach, 1 September 2023: The University of Sydney has disclosed a data breach potentially affecting international students. The data breach involved a third-party provider, still undisclosed.

Audit: NSW’s local government audit found that 47% of councils did not have a cyber security plan | kirbyidau.com

by Steven Kirby | Jul 13, 2023 | A05.35 Independent review of information security, Australian Audit Report 2023, Compliance, Local Government, New South Wales | 0 |

Australian Audit Failure June 13 2023: NSW’s local government audit found that 47% of councils did not have a cyber security plan. IT policies and procedures were outdated or not in place at 43 councils.

Incident: NSW cashless gambling trial to focus on data security after hack of smaller pilot program | The Guardian

by Steven Kirby | Jun 24, 2023 | Australian InfoSec Incidents 2023, Banking and Finance, Entertainment and Events, New South Wales, Ransomware, The Guardian, Third-Party Risk | 0 |

Australian Gambling Ransomware Attack, 24 June 2023: Wests Newcastle shuts down cashless gambling trail after digital payment processing firm Banktech experienced a ransomware attack.

Incident: Crown Princess Mary Cancer Centre in Westmead Hospital in cyber attack, hackers threatening to release stolen data | ABC News (Australia)

by Steven Kirby | May 4, 2023 | ABC News (Australia), Australian InfoSec Incidents 2023, Confidentiality, ISO27k 8.7 Protection against malware, Medical and Health Care, New South Wales, Ransomware | 0 |

Australian Medical Ransomware Attack 04 May 2023: Crown Princess Mary Cancer Centre in Westmead Hospital in cyber attack, hackers threatening to release stolen data. The ransomware group Medusa demand, pay AUD100,000 within a seven-days.

Incident: 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).

Incident: 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.

Incident: 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.

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Category: New South Wales

Incident: University of Sydney caught up in third-party data breach | iTNews

Audit: NSW’s local government audit found that 47% of councils did not have a cyber security plan | kirbyidau.com

Incident: NSW cashless gambling trial to focus on data security after hack of smaller pilot program | The Guardian

Incident: Crown Princess Mary Cancer Centre in Westmead Hospital in cyber attack, hackers threatening to release stolen data | ABC News (Australia)

Incident: Woman charged with accessing private data on NSW gov computer | iTnews

Incident: Bug briefly exposed Service NSW data to other users | iTnews

Incident: IPH enters trading halt after ‘cyber incident’ | iTnews

Incident: Frontier Software breach spreads to NSW Health | iTnews

Incident: Australian National Maritime Museum hit by alleged ‘trusted insider’ attack | iTNews

Incident: NSW public insurer icare privacy bungle hits 193,000 people | iTnews

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