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Posted by Steven Kirby | May 12, 2021 | Australian Audit Report 2021, Availability, Compliance, Confidentiality, Integrity, Internet of Things (IoT), Local Government, Western Australia | 0 |

Audit: WA councils fail to detect simulated cyber attack in audit | iTnews

by Steven Kirby | Nov 25, 2021 | 18.2.1 Independent review of information security, Australian Audit Report 2021, Availability, Compliance, Confidentiality, Integrity, Local Government, Western Australia | 0 |

West Australia Council Audit Report November 2021. WA councils fail to detect simulated cyber attack in audit. Only three out of 15 entities did so in a “timely manner”.

Incident: Kununurra Department of Education worker charged with illegally accessing confidential information | The West Australian

by Steven Kirby | Jun 11, 2021 | Australian InfoSec Incidents 2021, Confidentiality, Education and Training, Insider Threat, Privacy Breach, The West Australian, Unauthorised Access, Western Australia | 0 |

Australian Unauthorised Access Incident June 2021: Western Australia – Kimberley – Kununurra Department of Education worker charged with illegally accessing confidential information. Charged after his office was raided by WA police last month

Audit: 328 weaknesses found by WA Auditor-General in 50 local government systems | ZDNet

by Steven Kirby | May 12, 2021 | Australian Audit Report 2021, Availability, Compliance, Confidentiality, Integrity, Internet of Things (IoT), Local Government, Western Australia | 0 |

Western Australian Audit Report November 2020. WA registry system flaws force auditor to delay findings by 18 months. ‘Highly unusual step’ taken to protect foundational system.

Audit: WA registry system flaws force auditor to delay findings by 18 months | iTnews

by Steven Kirby | Nov 26, 2020 | Australian Audit Report 2020, Compliance, Confidentiality, Integrity, iTnews, State Government, Western Australia | 0 |

Western Australian Audit Report November 2020. WA registry system flaws force auditor to delay findings by 18 months. ‘Highly unusual step’ taken to protect foundational system.

Incident: Kleenheat customer names and addresses exposed in system breach | ZDNet

by Steven Kirby | Oct 19, 2020 | Australian InfoSec Incidents 2020, Confidentiality, Data Breach, Privacy Breach, Utilities, Western Australia, ZDNet | 0 |

Australian Data Breach October 19 2020: WA energy retailer and supplier Kleenheat customer names and addresses exposed in system breach, believes the breach occurred in 2014 on a third-party system.

Incident: ‘Unforgivable’: The privacy breach that exposed sensitive details of WA’s virus fight | WAtoday

by Steven Kirby | Jul 20, 2020 | Australian InfoSec Incidents 2020, Data Breach, Medical and Health Care, Privacy Breach, State Government, Telcommunications and Internet Service Provider, WAtoday, Western Australia | 0 |

Australian Medical Privacy Breach July 2020: ‘Unforgivable’: Privacy breach exposed sensitive details of WA’s virus fight on a public website. The breach also impacted St John Ambulance, the Department of Fire and Emergency Services and the Department of Justice. The leak was traced back to Vodafone pager service.

Incident: Perth socialite Melissa Graham held to ransom after Instagram privacy breach | The West Australian

by Steven Kirby | May 27, 2020 | Australian InfoSec Incidents 2020, Social Media, The West Australian, Western Australia | 0 |

Australian Instagram Hacked May 2020: Perth socialite Melissa Graham, the wife of Keystart Home Loans chief executive Paul had her Instagram account hacked and her profile along with its 15,000 followers vanished.

Incident: Hackers target West Australia’s major daily newspaper, putting data of subscribers at risk | WAtoday

by Steven Kirby | May 13, 2020 | Australian InfoSec Incidents 2020, Email Phishing, News Film and Media, Privacy, WAtoday, Western Australia | 0 |

Australian Phishing Attack May 2020: Hackers target The West Australian, WA’s major daily newspaper, putting data of subscribers at risk, impersonating the administrator sending out phishing emails and accessed historic conversations.

Incident: Confidential details of entire WA Police Force accessed in ‘startling’ audit breach, CCC finds | ABC News (Australia)

by Steven Kirby | Apr 24, 2020 | ABC News (Australia), Australian InfoSec Incidents 2020, Data Handling, Email, Police and Law Enforcement, Privacy Breach, State Government, Western Australia | 0 |

Australian Privacy Breach April 2020: Confidential details of entire Western Australian Police Force accessed in ‘startling’ audit breach, CCC finds. An investigation has revealed a CCC staff member accessed and downloaded highly confidential information about all of the state’s 8,800 police officers.

Audit: WA agencies still vulnerable to cyber security weaknesses | iTnews

by Steven Kirby | Apr 8, 2020 | Australian Audit Report 2020, iTnews, State Government, Western Australia | 0 |

Australian Audit Report 2020: Western Australian agencies still vulnerable to cyber security weaknesses. Auditor identifies persistent infosec and business continuity risks.

Incident: Perth Mint visitor data stolen after feedback survey company hacked | WAtoday

by Steven Kirby | Jan 31, 2020 | Australian InfoSec Incidents 2020, Banking and Finance, Breach Notification, Data Breach, Email Phishing, Hacked, Privacy Breach, WAtoday, Western Australia | 0 |

Australian Survey Hacked January 2020: Perth Mint visitor feedback survey data stolen after West Australian market insights company Metrix Consulting was hacked via a Phishing scam.

Incident: Police & Nurses Bank WA discloses data breach, customer account information, balances exposed | ZDnet

by Steven Kirby | Jan 15, 2020 | Australian InfoSec Incidents 2020, Banking and Finance, Breach Notification, Data Breach, Hacked, Privacy Breach, Western Australia, ZDNet | 0 |

Australian Banking Breach January 2020: Police & Nurses Bank WA discloses data breach, customer account information, balances exposed. The Australian bank says a cyberattack took place during a server upgrade.

Incident: Credit card and other details of Perth rental applicants may have been public for 21 months | SMH

by Steven Kirby | Dec 24, 2019 | Australian InfoSec Incidents 2019, Data Handling, Privacy Breach, Real Estate and Property Management, SMH - The Sydney Morning Herald, Western Australia | 0 |

Australian Realestate Privacy Breach November 2019: Information such as credit card details and birth certificates uploaded during tenancy applications may have been published on the website of a Perth property management business Primus Realty for up to 21 months, a warning to clients has revealed.

Incident: Cyber criminals hack Perth Anaesthetic Group hospital and steal patients’ personal information in terrifying security breach | Daily Mail Australia

by Steven Kirby | Nov 2, 2019 | Australian InfoSec Incidents 2019, CyberCrime, Daily Mail Australia, Data Breach, Hacked, Medical and Health Care, Western Australia | 0 |

Australian DataBreach CyberCrime November 2019: Cyber criminals hack Perth Anaesthetic Group hospital and steal patients’ personal information in terrifying security breach. Several patients were sent fake invoices from the hackers demanding payments.

Incident: WA Officer David Snowball illegally accessed police computer to protect partner’s massage business | ABC News (Australia)

by Steven Kirby | Aug 9, 2019 | ABC News (Australia), Australian InfoSec Incidents 2019, Insider Threat, Police and Law Enforcement, Policing and Law Enforcement, Privacy Breach, Unauthorised Access, Western Australia | 0 |

August 09 2019: A senior WA police officer of 22 years’ standing who unlawfully accessed a restricted computer system in an attempt to protect his partner’s illegitimate massage business has walked free from court after being sentenced.

Incident: Thieves steal laptops with 30 years of data from University of Western Australia | iTnews

by Steven Kirby | Jul 28, 2019 | Australian InfoSec Incidents 2019, Data Breach, Education and Training, iTnews, Physical Security, Privacy Breach, Western Australia | 0 |

July 28 2019 Privacy Data Breach UWA University of Western Australia, thieves steal laptops with 30 years of data

Incident: Geraldton’s Nagle Catholic College swept up in cyber attack targeting parent banking details | The West Australian

by Steven Kirby | Jun 20, 2019 | Australian InfoSec Incidents 2019, Credit Card, Data Breach, Education and Training, Hacked, Privacy Breach, The West Australian, Western Australia | 0 |

Australian Cyber Attack June 2019: A West Australian school has been swept up in a “highly sophisticated” cyber security attack, understood to have scooped up the banking details of parent and guardians.

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