Tasmania Archives - Australian Information Security Awareness and Advisory

Incident: Tasmania Police called in after Ambulance Tasmania’s patient details published online | ABC New (Australia)

by Steven Kirby | Jan 8, 2021 | ABC News (Australia), Australian InfoSec Incidents 2021, Authentication, Confidentiality, Medical and Health Care, Privacy Breach, State Government, Tasmania | 0 |

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.

Incident: Misconfigured UTAS SharePoint site exposed 20,000 students’ details | iTnews

by Steven Kirby | Sep 21, 2020 | Access Control, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2020, Confidentiality, Configuration, Education and Training, iTnews, Privacy Breach, Tasmania | 0 |

Australian Privacy Exposure September 2020: Misconfigured UTAS SharePoint site exposed 20,000 students’ details. Security settings allowed broad access to files.

Incident: Hobart man pleads guilty to stalking and controlling ex-girlfriend’s car with his computer | ABC News (Australia)

by Steven Kirby | Nov 6, 2019 | ABC News (Australia), Australian InfoSec Incidents 2019, Cyber Stalking, eSafety, Law & Legal, Tasmania, Transport and Logistics | 0 |

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.