Australian Library Data Handling Incident, 20 June 2023: Human error, not data breach, behind Port Arthur staff information appearing ‘live’ on library website. Personal information exposed comprised dates of birth, resumes, addresses, school records and telephone numbers.
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Updated Australian State Government Data Breach, 31 March 2023: Tasmanians affected by security breach of third-party file transfer service GoAnywhere. Tasmanian government has come under fire for providing a lack of detail.
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Australian Superfund Phishing Attack May 2022: 50k customers caught up in Tasmanian Spirit Super phishing attack. Data possibly compromised after attacker overcame MFA on email account.
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Australian Ransomware Attack April 2021: Ransomware attack to blame for Federal Group’s casino pokies outage in Tasmania has impacted gambling and hotel operations since April 3
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The private details of every Tasmanian who has called an ambulance since November last year have been automatically published online, include patients’ personal details and condition as well as the address of the incident.
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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 Cyber Stalking November 2019: Hobart man pleads guilty to stalking and controlling ex-girlfriend’s car with his computer. He downloaded and set up an online application that gave him control over the stop and start function of his ex-lover’s car and allowed him to track her movements.
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Australian Information Security Incident Reported: November 2 2018 Guests of two of...
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Australian Information Security Incident Reported: July 01 2018 The details of about 4,000...
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Australian Information Security Incident Reported: June 28 2017 The Tasmanian Cadbury chocolate...
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In brief As many as 4.8 million Origin Energy customers could be affected by a cyber attack that exposed personal data. • Experts have warned the fallout … [...]
Origin Energy has confirmed that unauthorised access to customer information has occurred, marking what is believed to be the largest publicly known … [...]
What should I do? It should not take the emergence of frontier AI models to motivate a revisit of your organisation’s current cyber posture. It’s … [...]
Insider security risks: a frequently overlooked threat Cyber security and privacy controls are usually thought of as ways to protect from external … [...]
The AICD, in partnership with the Human Technology Institute (HTI) at the University of Technology Sydney, has updated its key artificial … [...]
Energy company Origin has confirmed there has been unauthorised access to and disclosure of some customers' data. In a statement released via the ASX, … [...]
Origin Energy has confirmed the personal information of some of its customers has been stolen in a suspected cyber hack. The energy giant said in a … [...]
The Joint Policing Cybercrime Coordination Centre has warned that criminals are using artificial intelligence to create highly convincing investment … [...]
Origin Energy, Australia's biggest power provider, is investigating a suspected cyber attack affecting up to 5 million Australians. A hacker calling himself John Doe claims to have stolen personal data [...]
Origin Energy says an investigation has been launched into a potential hacking incident with reports two million customers could have been affected. The company has 4.8 million customers. The nation's [...]
One of Australia's largest energy companies, Origin Energy, says it is investigating a security breach that "may have" affected customer data. "Origin … [...]
Origin Energy is investigating a potential cyber hack that may have compromised the data of some customers. In a statement, the major energy provider … [...]