Incident: Insurer Prosura hit by cyber data breach, customers contacted by ‘threat actor’ | ABC Australia
Australian Insurer Ransomware Attack, 07 January 2026 Queensland-based rental car insurer Prosura...
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NZ Incident: Kiwi car dealership Tristram European listed by DragonForce ransomware | Cyberdaily.au
NZ Incident – Ransomware Attack, 28 February 2025: DragonForce Ransomware Targets Kiwi Car Dealership Tristram European. The attackers claim to have stolen over 30 gigabytes of sensitive data, including customer information and financial records.
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NZ Incident: KillSec claims breach of NZ medical supplier | Cyberdaily.au
NZ Incident – Medical Ransomware Attack, 13 February 2025: KillSec claims ransomware attack on New Zealand based Obex Medical. While the exact details of the breach remain unclear, this latest incident highlights the persistent threat of ransomware groups, particularly those focused on industries like healthcare.
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NZ Incident: New Zealand law firm Bell & Graham confirms ransomware attack | Cyberdaily.au
New Zealand: Law Firm Ransomware Attack, 16 January 2025. New Zealand law firm Bell & Graham confirms SafePay ransomware attack. Claimed stolen 15 gigabytes of data, including legal correspondence and a large amount of identification documents.
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Incident: Eagers Automotive says IT outage stems from cyber incident | iTnews
Australian Automotive Cyber Incident, 29 December 2023: Eagers Automotive says IT outage stems from cyber incident, enters trading halt. Impacting our IT systems in some operating locations across Australia and New Zealand.
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Incident: Yakult Australia targeted in cyber attack, employee files published on dark web | ABC News Australia
Australian Manufacturer Ransomware Privacy Breach, 28 December 2023: Yakult Australia targeted in cyber attack, employee files published on dark web. 95 gigabytes of data including passports, medical assessments, salaries, and performance reviews.
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Incident: Nissan discloses cyber incident in Australia and NZ | iTnews
Australian Financial Service Data Breach, 7 December 2023: Nissan Australian and New Zealand Nissan Corporation and Financial Services discloses cyber incident. Also affecting Nissan Financial Services, Mitsubishi Motors Financial Services, Renault Financial Services, Skyline Car Finance. RAM Truck Finance and LDV Financial Services.
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Incident: AU and NZ – SmartPay investigating breach after ransomware attack | iTnews
Australian Eftpos Ransomware Attack, 19 June 2023: Australian and New Zealand listed company SmartPay investigating breach after ransomware attack. The Eftpos hardware provider says criminals stole customer data.
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NZ Incident: New Zealand’s AA Traveler “@WeLoveNZ” data breach
New Zealand Data Breach May 2022: Vulnerability in @WeLoveNZ database causes data breach at New Zealand’s AA Traveller; names, email address, passwords and phone numbers compromised
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Incident NZ – NZ technology company iTCo hacked, data stolen | 1 News
New Zealand Ransomware Attack February 2022. NZ technology company iTCo Solutions hacked, data stolen. Those responsible are claiming to have stolen more than 4 gigabytes of data.
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NZ Incident – Ransomware attack: Waikato DHB supporting patients after documents dumped online | stuff
New Zealand Ransomware Attack June 2021: Waikato District Health Board supporting patients after documents dumped online, compromised documents include, patient and employee, and the DHB’s financial affairs.
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NZ Incident: New Zealand Reserve Bank urgently responding to ‘illegal data breach’ | SMH
New Zealand Data Breach, January 2021: New Zealand Reserve Bank urgently responding to ‘illegal data breach’. The bank issued a statement saying a “third party file sharing service” used by the bank to share and store some sensitive information, had been illegally accessed.
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NZ Incident: NZ financial strategies provider hit by Windows NetWalker ransomware | iTWire
New Zealand Ransomware Attack December 2020. NZ financial strategies provider Staircase hit by Windows NetWalker ransomware. The attackers have listed a number of data files on their site on the dark web
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Incident: Spotless hit by ransomware attack | iTnews
Australian Ransomware Attack October 2020: Spotless Group, the Downer-owned facilities services provider, is the latest high-profile Australian company to fall victim to ransomware attackers. Confirms a ‘number’ of servers ‘accessed’.
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NZ Incident: RC plane and drone users’ details leaked by CAA New Zealand | xjet
New Zealand Privacy Breach September 2020: RC plane and drone users’ details leaked by CAA New Zealand. CAA New Zealand violation of privacy involving people from around the world who filed complaints with them.
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NZ Incident: SAP apologises after NZ firearms registry upgrade privacy breach | iTnews
NZ Privacy Breach 3 December 2019. SAP apologises after NZ firearms registry upgrade privacy breach. Gun buyback site shut down.
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NZ Incident: Financial Markets Authority apologises for privacy breach | FMA
NZ Privacy Breach 7 November 2019. New Zealand’s Financial Markets Authority apologises for privacy breach where complaints documents were potentially accessible via internet.
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NZ Incident: Tū Ora Compass Health data breach exposes medical data of one million people | ZDNet
NZ Medical Data Breach 8 October 2019. New Zealand’s Tū Ora Compass Health data breach exposes medical data of one million New Zealand residents.
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NZ Incident: New Zealand ComCom suffers breach after laptop theft | ZDNet
NZ Laptop Stolen 8 October 2019: New Zealand’s Commerce Commission (ComCom) confidential information on laptop belonging to ‘external provider’ containing over 200 meeting and interview transcripts taken in burglary, which has seen the provider dumped.
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NZ Incident: Auckland Asics store screens hacked to show pornography | Stuff.co.nz
NZ Hacked 29 September 2019: Promotional screens on a central Auckland Asics store were hacked to show pornographic content on Sunday morning.
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