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Posted 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 |

Audit: Queensland Audit Office Education 2021 Report finds “all need to strengthen their security”

by Steven Kirby | Jun 16, 2022 | 18.02.01 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.

Incident: 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.

Incident: Queensland’s CS Energy has its corporate systems infected by ransomware | iTnews

by Steven Kirby | Nov 30, 2021 | 12.02 Protection from Malware, Australia, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2021, Availability, Integrity, 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.

Audit: 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.

Incident: 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.

Incident: 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.

Incident: 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.

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

Audit: 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.

Incident: 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

Incident: 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.

Incident: Specsavers says Qld customers’ private medical information may have been compromised | ABC News (Australia)

by Steven Kirby | Jun 19, 2019 | ABC News (Australia), Australian InfoSec Incidents 2019, Medical and Health Care, Physical Security, Privacy Breach, Queensland, Retail | 0 |

Eyewear giant Specsavers has admitted that the personal information of some clients in regional Queensland is missing.

Incident: Fisheries Qld blames bad update for password ‘fault’ | iTnews

by Steven Kirby | Jan 14, 2019 | Australian InfoSec Incident, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2019, Configuration, Government Agency, iTnews, Queensland, State Government | 0 |

Fisheries Queensland has blamed a software bug introduced via an update for an incident that left users of its Fishnet Secure portal exposed over the break.

Incident: Yet another Qld cop charged with hacking, One of four to face charges since December | iTnews

by Steven Kirby | Jan 11, 2019 | Australian InfoSec Incident, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2019, Hacked, Insider Threat, iTnews, Police and Law Enforcement, Queensland, State Government, Unauthorised Access | 0 |

The 33-year-old has been charged with “Computer Hacking and Misuse” after allegedly accessing the Queensland Police Service computer systems and information inappropriately.

Incident: First National ‘dealing with authorities’ after reported information leak | ZDNet

by Steven Kirby | Jan 8, 2019 | Australia, Australian InfoSec Incident, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2019, Data Breach, Privacy Breach, Queensland, Real Estate and Property Management, ZDNet | 0 |

Australian real estate network First National has reportedly had information it held on job applicants leaked online.

Audit: Queensland’s offender IT system used to extort prisoners | iTnews

by Steven Kirby | Dec 19, 2018 | Australian Audit Report 2018, Data Handling, Insider Threat, iTnews, Police and Law Enforcement, Privacy Breach, Queensland, State Government, Unauthorised Access | 0 |

Australian Information Security Incident Reported: December 19 2018 Queensland’s corruption...

Incident: Qld undercover cop stood down over “Computer Hacking” claims | iTnews

by Steven Kirby | Dec 5, 2018 | Australian InfoSec Incident, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2018, Data Breach, Insider Threat, iTnews, Police and Law Enforcement, Privacy Breach, Queensland, State Government, Unauthorised Access | 0 |

Australian Information Security Incident Reported: December 05 2018 A 38-year-old Brisbane police...

Incident: Data breach rocks major Queensland sports club | QT (Queensland times)

by Steven Kirby | Jun 5, 2018 | Australian InfoSec Incident, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2018, Data Breach, Privacy Breach, QT (Queesnland Times), Queensland, Sporting and Recreation, Virus Incident | 0 |

Australian Information Security Incident Reported: June 05 2018 Southport Sharks CEO Dean Bowtell...

Incident: Queensland transport department email accounts hacked | ABC News (Australia)

by Steven Kirby | Mar 14, 2018 | ABC News (Australia), Australia, Australian InfoSec Incident, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2018, Data Breach, Email, Hacked, Queensland, State Government, Transport and Logistics | 0 |

Australian Information Security Incident Reported: March 14 2018 Overseas hackers breached the...

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...

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