
Category: Queensland
Incident: Thousands of donors to Australian charities, including Cancer Council and Canteen, have data leaked to dark web | ABC News (Australia)
by Steven Kirby | Aug 23, 2023 | ABC News (Australia), Australian InfoSec Incidents 2023, Charities and Not For Profit, Confidentiality, Privacy Breach, Queensland, Third-Party Risk | 0 |
Australian Telemarketer Breach, 23 August 2023: Pareto Phone, a Brisbane-based telemarketing company that contacts potential donors on behalf of charities, was hacked by cybercriminals in April. 70 charities, including Amnesty International Australia, Australian Conservation Foundation, Wilderness Society, Cancer Council Cancer, The Fred Hollows Foundation, Canteen, Heart Foundation, and Medecins Sans Frontieres.
Read MoreIncident: TechnologyOne investigates ‘cyber incident’ on M365 system | iTnews
by Steven Kirby | May 10, 2023 | Australian InfoSec Incidents 2023, Confidentiality, iTnews, Queensland, SaaS - Software as a Service | 0 |
Australian SaaS Provider Breach 10 May 2023: TechnologyOne investigates ‘cyber incident’ on M365 system. “Unauthorised third party” has accessed the company’s internal Microsoft 365 platform.
Read MoreIncident: Isaacs Regional Council Cyber Attack Highlights Risks Local Governments Face | australiancybersecuritymagazine
by Steven Kirby | Apr 4, 2023 | Australian InfoSec Incidents 2023, Availability, Confidentiality, In the Press, Integrity, Local Government, Queensland | 0 |
Australian Local Government Ransomware Attack, 04 April 2023: Isaacs Regional Council Ransomware Attack Highlights Risks Local Governments Face. It is unknown at this stage what information has been accessed.
Read MoreIncident: Indigenous health organisation says personal details of 8,000 people accessed in cyber attack | ABC News (Australia)
by Steven Kirby | Mar 22, 2023 | ABC News (Australia), Australian InfoSec Incidents 2023, Confidentiality, Medical and Health Care, Queensland | 0 |
Australian Indigenous Health Cyber Incident, 22 March 2023: Indigenous health organisation says personal details of 8,000 people accessed in cyber attack. An unidentified third party had claimed responsibility for the hacking in a post on the deep web
Read MoreIncident: Skin cancer survey hack may have ‘compromised’ personal details, Medicare numbers of participants | ABC News (Australia)
by Steven Kirby | Mar 20, 2023 | ABC News (Australia), Australian InfoSec Incidents 2023, Confidentiality, Medical and Health Care, Queensland, SaaS - Software as a Service, Third-Party Risk | 0 |
Australian Medical Privacy Breach March 2023: Skin cancer survey hack may have ‘compromised’ personal details, Medicare numbers of participants. QIMR Berghofer survey data exposed via third party in November 2022.
Read MoreAudit: Queensland Audit Office’s State Entities 2022 reports deficiencies in information systems
by Steven Kirby | Mar 16, 2023 | A05.35 Independent review of information security, Australian Audit Report 2023, Availability, Compliance, Confidentiality, Integrity, Queensland, State Government | 0 |
Queensland Audit Report 16 March 2023: Queensland Audit Office’s State Entities 2022 reports deficiencies in information systems. Only 33 per cent of departments have an effective system managing information security risks.
Read MoreIncident: Queensland University of Technology shuts IT systems after being hit by ransomware attack | ABC News Australia
by Steven Kirby | Dec 22, 2022 | ABC News (Australia), Australian InfoSec Incidents 2022, Education and Training, Queensland, Ransomware | 0 |
Australian University Ransomware Attack, 22 December 2022: Queensland University of Technology shuts IT systems after being hit by ransomware attack. 11,405 individuals had their data breached in a December cyber attack.
Read MoreIncident: Australian strata company SSKB breached | iTnews
by Steven Kirby | Oct 28, 2022 | Australian InfoSec Incidents 2022, Availability, Confidentiality, Integrity, ISO27k 8.7 Protection against malware, iTnews, Privacy Breach, Queensland, Ransomware, Real Estate and Property Management | 0 |
Australian Ransomware Attack, 28 October 2022: Gold Coast Australian: Strata management firm SSKB is the latest company to fall victim to a ransomware attack. Attackers’ posted a ransom demand and claimed to have stolen 200GB of data.
Read MoreIncident: Singtel-owned IT services provider Dialog hit by Windows ransomware | iTWire
by Steven Kirby | Oct 10, 2022 | Australian InfoSec Incidents 2022, Availability, Confidentiality, Integrity, ISO27k 8.7 Protection against malware, IT Industry, iTWire, Privacy Breach, Queensland, Ransomware | 0 |
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 MoreAudit: Queensland Audit Office Education 2021 Report finds “all need to strengthen their security”
by Steven Kirby | Jun 16, 2022 | A05.35 Independent review of information security, Australian Audit Report 2022, Availability, Compliance, Confidentiality, Integrity, kirbyIDau News, Queensland, State Government | 0 |
Australian Audit Report June 2022: Queensland Audit Office Education 2021 Report finds “all need to strengthen their security”. Deficiencies identified with user and privilege access management, audit log and user activity monitoring.
Read MoreIncident: Pivotal Homes reports ‘ransomware attack’ weeks before liquidation | news.com.au
by Steven Kirby | Jun 3, 2022 | Australian InfoSec Incidents 2022, Availability, Banking and Finance, Building and Construction, Integrity, news.com.au, Queensland, Ransomware | 0 |
Australian Ransomware Attack June 2022: Queensland based builder Pivotal Homes reports ‘ransomware attack’ weeks before liquidation. Up to six months of records have reportedly been lost.
Read MoreIncident: Queensland’s CS Energy has its corporate systems infected by ransomware | iTnews
by Steven Kirby | Nov 30, 2021 | Australia, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2021, Availability, Integrity, ISO27k 8.7 Protection against malware, iTnews, Queensland, Utilities | 0 |
Australian Energy Provider Ransomware Attack November 2021. Queensland’s CS Energy has its corporate systems infected by ransomware. The incident has not impacted electricity generation.
Read MoreAudit: Queensland Audit Office (QAO) Water 2021 Report finds one breach and significant control weaknesses | ABC News (Australia)
by Steven Kirby | Nov 11, 2021 | ABC News (Australia), Australia, Australian Audit Report 2021, Availability, Compliance, Confidentiality, Integrity, Queensland, State Government, Utilities | 0 |
Australian Utility Audit Report November 2021: Queensland Audit Office (QAO) Water 2021 Report finds one breach and significant control weaknesses in the security of information systems. Sunwater has acknowledge it was the organisation reported breached in the report.
Read MoreIncident: Queensland water supplier Sunwater targeted by hackers in months-long undetected cyber security breach | ABC News (Australia)
by Steven Kirby | Nov 11, 2021 | 12.06 Technical vulnerability management, ABC News (Australia), Australian InfoSec Incidents 2021, Critical Infrastructure, Hacked, Integrity, Queensland, State Government, Utilities | 0 |
Australian Water Utility Hacked November 2021: Queensland water supplier Sunwater targeted by hackers in months-long undetected cyber security breach. A Queensland Audit Office report found “threat actors” had targeted an older, more vulnerable version of the system.
Read MoreIncident: Queensland Police Service apologises to gun owners over mass data breach in Moreton region | ABC News (Australia)
by Steven Kirby | Jan 14, 2021 | ABC News (Australia), Australian InfoSec Incidents 2021, Confidentiality, Data Breach, Email, Policing and Law Enforcement, Privacy Breach, Queensland, State Government | 0 |
Queensland Data Breach January 2021: Queensland Police Service apologises to gun owners over mass data breach in Moreton region. QPS apologises after a data breach revealed personal details of licensed gun owners in the Moreton district.
Read MoreIncident: Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron to be questioned by Office of Australian Information Commissioner after data breach | The Courier Mail
by Steven Kirby | Sep 11, 2020 | Australian InfoSec Incidents 2020, Confidentiality, Email, Queensland, Sporting and Recreation, The Courier | 0 |
Australian Email Privacy Breach September 2020: Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron to be questioned by Office of Australian Information Commissioner after an email data breach leaking the personal details of 617 members, including millionaire business owners, doctors and barristers.
Read MoreIncident: 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
Read MoreAudit: Queensland government cyber defences fail ethical hack test | iTnews
by Steven Kirby | Oct 2, 2019 | Audit Report, Australian Audit Report 2019, iTnews, Queensland, State Government | 0 |
Audit Failure 2019: Queensland government cyber defences fail ethical hack test, sensitive information accessed with relative ease.
Read MoreIncident: Brisbane based loss assessor Australian Accident Management Commercial (AAMC) hit by cyber breach | insuranceNEWS.com.au
by Steven Kirby | Jul 25, 2019 | Australian InfoSec Incidents 2019, Banking and Finance, In the Press, Queensland, Vulnerability | 0 |
Australian Email Incident 07 October 2019: Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s office accidentally leaks talking points for MPs to journalists
Read MoreIncident: Police officer facing computer hacking charges | ARN
by Steven Kirby | Jul 2, 2019 | ARN from IDG, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2019, Data Breach, Hacked, Insider Threat, Law & Legal, Police and Law Enforcement, Queensland, Unauthorised Access | 0 |
Insider Threat 2nd July 2019 – A Queensland Police Officer has now stood down from official duty with the force pending an investigation into allegations of unauthorised access to confidential information.
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