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Incident: Thousands of donors to Australian charities, including Cancer Council and Canteen, have data leaked to dark web | ABC News (Australia)
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.
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Incident: TechnologyOne investigates ‘cyber incident’ on M365 system | iTnews
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.
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Incident: Isaacs Regional Council Cyber Attack Highlights Risks Local Governments Face | australiancybersecuritymagazine
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.
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Incident: Indigenous health organisation says personal details of 8,000 people accessed in cyber attack | ABC News (Australia)
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
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Incident: Skin cancer survey hack may have ‘compromised’ personal details, Medicare numbers of participants | ABC News (Australia)
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.
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Audit: Queensland Audit Office’s State Entities 2022 reports deficiencies in information systems
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.
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Incident: Queensland University of Technology shuts IT systems after being hit by ransomware attack | ABC News Australia
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.
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Incident: Australian strata company SSKB breached | iTnews
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.
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Incident: Singtel-owned IT services provider Dialog hit by Windows ransomware | iTWire
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
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Audit: Queensland Audit Office Education 2021 Report finds “all need to strengthen their security”
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.
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Incident: Pivotal Homes reports ‘ransomware attack’ weeks before liquidation | news.com.au
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.
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Incident: Queensland’s CS Energy has its corporate systems infected by ransomware | iTnews
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.
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Audit: Queensland Audit Office (QAO) Water 2021 Report finds one breach and significant control weaknesses | ABC News (Australia)
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.
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Incident: Queensland water supplier Sunwater targeted by hackers in months-long undetected cyber security breach | ABC News (Australia)
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.
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Incident: Queensland Police Service apologises to gun owners over mass data breach in Moreton region | ABC News (Australia)
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.
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Incident: Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron to be questioned by Office of Australian Information Commissioner after data breach | The Courier Mail
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.
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Incident: Redland City councillor Tracey Huges ‘deeply sorry’ over mistake in attaching spreadsheet to New Year’s Eve invitation | Redland City Bulletin
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
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Audit: Queensland government cyber defences fail ethical hack test | iTnews
Audit Failure 2019: Queensland government cyber defences fail ethical hack test, sensitive information accessed with relative ease.
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Incident: Brisbane based loss assessor Australian Accident Management Commercial (AAMC) hit by cyber breach | insuranceNEWS.com.au
Australian Email Incident 07 October 2019: Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s office accidentally leaks talking points for MPs to journalists
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Incident: Police officer facing computer hacking charges | ARN
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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