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Incident: Thousands of identifiable Northern Territory patient health files sent to overseas-based software vendor in government data breach | ABC News (Australia)
by Steven Kirby | May 25, 2023 | ABC News (Australia), Australian InfoSec Incidents 2023, Confidentiality, Data Handling, Medical and Health Care, Northern Territory, Privacy Breach, State Government | 0 |
Australian Medical Data Handling Incident 25 May 2023: Thousands of identifiable Northern Territory patient health files sent to overseas-based software vendor in government data breach. NT Health says the onus is on individuals to check if the privacy of their medical records has been breached.
Read MoreIncident: ID, bank details, contact information at risk as cyber criminals hack PH Property Bendigo real estate agency | ABC News (Australia)
by Steven Kirby | Mar 30, 2023 | ABC News (Australia), Australian InfoSec Incidents 2023, Confidentiality, Privacy Breach, Real Estate and Property Management, Victoria | 0 |
Australian Property Group Data Breach, 30 March 2023: ID, bank details, contact information at risk as cyber criminals hack PH Property Bendigo real estate agency. The company said the cybercriminals were now targeting some clients of the small business.
Read MoreIncident: Rio Tinto says staff’s personal data may have been hacked in memo after an attack on GoAnywhere software | ABC News (Australia)
by Steven Kirby | Mar 23, 2023 | ABC News (Australia), Australia, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2023, Confidentiality, Human Resources, Mining and Resources, Privacy Breach, SaaS - Software as a Service | 0 |
Australian Cyber Attack March 2023: Rio Tinto says staff’s personal data may have been hacked in memo after an attack on GoAnywhere software. Stolen data possibly includes payslips, overpayment letters.
Read MoreIncident: Health worker sacked over ‘serious breach’ of patients’ privacy as ACT government investigates data misuse | ABC News (Australia)
by Steven Kirby | Mar 22, 2023 | ABC News (Australia), Australian Capital Territory, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2023, Confidentiality, Insider Threat, Medical and Health Care, Privacy Breach, State Government | 0 |
Australian Health Privacy Breach, 22 March 2023: Health worker sacked over ‘serious breach’ of patients’ privacy as ACT government investigates data misuse. Private records of some Canberra Health Services patients ‘deliberately’ sent to industrial partner.
Read MoreIncident: ANZ bank apologises after customers’ personal information found in Perth skip bin | ABC News (Australia)
by Steven Kirby | Mar 1, 2023 | ABC News (Australia), Australia, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2023, Banking and Finance, Confidentiality, Data Breach, Physical Security, Privacy Breach | 0 |
Australian Physical Privacy Breach March 2023: ANZ bank apologises after customers’ personal information found in Perth skip bin. It’s believed the documents were discarded after the local ANZ bank branch closed down.
Read MoreIncident: The Good Guys customers possibly affected by data breach at former third-party provider My Rewards | ABC News (Australia)
by Steven Kirby | Feb 23, 2023 | ABC News (Australia), Australia, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2023, Confidentiality, Data Breach, Privacy Breach, Retail | 0 |
Australian Retail Data Breach February 2023: The Good Guys customers possibly affected by data breach at former third-party provider My Rewards. Up to 1.5 million loyalty program customers hacked which is believed to have occurred in August 202
Read MoreIncident: Victoria Police allegedly use LEAP database to pursue, stalk, harass women prompting calls for inquiry | ABC News Australia
by Steven Kirby | Dec 15, 2022 | ABC News (Australia), Australian InfoSec Incidents 2022, Confidentiality, Insider Threat, Police and Law Enforcement, Privacy Breach, State Government, Unauthorised Access, Victoria | 0 |
Australian Privacy Incident December 2022: Victoria Police allegedly use LEAP database to pursue, stalk, and harass women prompting calls for an inquiry. In the past five years, there have been complaints against 178 police for misusing LEAP.
Read MoreIncident: Telstra apologises for accidentally publishing data of thousands of customers online | ABC News Australia
by Steven Kirby | Dec 11, 2022 | ABC News (Australia), Australia, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2022, Confidentiality, Data Handling, Privacy Breach, Telcommunications and Internet Service Provider | 0 |
Australian Data Handling Incident December 2022: Telstra apologises for accidentally publishing data of thousands of customers online. Names, numbers and addresses of some unlisted customers released online.
Read MoreIncident: The Smith Family says details of around 80,000 donors may have been exposed in hacking attack | ABC News Australia
by Steven Kirby | Nov 22, 2022 | ABC News (Australia), Australia, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2022, Charities and Not For Profit, Confidentiality, Email Account Compromise, Privacy Breach | 0 |
Australian Cyber Incident November 2022: The Smith Family says details of around 80,000 donors may have been exposed in hacking attack. Investigation revealed a combination of names, addresses, phone numbers, email addresses and donation records may have been accessed
Read MoreIncident: Legal Aid ACT refuses to pay ‘not insignificant’ ransom to hackers who stole data of Canberra domestic violence survivors | ABC News Australia
by Steven Kirby | Nov 16, 2022 | ABC News (Australia), Australian Capital Territory, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2022, Charities and Not For Profit, Confidentiality, Law & Legal, Privacy Breach | 0 |
Australian Cyber Attack November 2022: Technology group providing services to Victorian government departments hit by a cyber attack. The company says hackers have revealed a sample “of what is believed to be stolen data”
Read MoreIncident: Australian Clinical Labs accused of ‘sitting on’ hack that saw patient data posted to the dark web | ABC News Australia
by Steven Kirby | Oct 28, 2022 | ABC News (Australia), Australian InfoSec Incidents 2022, Confidentiality, Medical and Health Care, Privacy Breach | 0 |
Australian Medical Privacy Breach October 2022: Australian Clinical Labs subsidiary Medlab Pathology, accused of ‘sitting on’ hack that saw patient data posted to the dark web. ACL says it first learned of the attack in February but believed no data was stolen
Read MoreIncident: Australian strata company SSKB breached | iTnews
by Steven Kirby | Oct 28, 2022 | Australian InfoSec Incidents 2022, Availability, Confidentiality, Integrity, ISO27k 8.7 Protection against malware, iTnews, Privacy Breach, Queensland, Ransomware, Real Estate and Property Management | 0 |
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.
Read MoreIncident: EnergyAustralia portal compromised, details of 323 customers leaked | iTWire
by Steven Kirby | Oct 23, 2022 | Australia, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2022, Confidentiality, ISO 27k 5 Organisational Controls, ISO27k 5.17 Authentication information, iTWire, Password, Privacy Breach, Utilities | 0 |
Australian Energy Utility Incident October 2022. Electricity and gas retailer EnergyAustralia has disclosed a breach of its MyAccount platform. The company says affected 323 small business and residential customers and was automated through use of a password bot.
Read MoreIncident: Vinomofo data breach: 500,000 customers at risk after wine dealer hit by cyber-attack | The Guardian
by Steven Kirby | Oct 18, 2022 | Australia, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2022, Confidentiality, Privacy Breach, Retail, The Guardian | 0 |
Australian Retail Data Breach Incident October 2022: Wine dealer Vinomofo data breach: 500,000 customers at risk after wine dealer hit by cyber-attack. At risk of exposure are the names, dates of birth, addresses, email addresses, phone numbers and genders of customers.
Read MoreIncident: Singtel-owned IT services provider Dialog hit by Windows ransomware | iTWire
by Steven Kirby | Oct 10, 2022 | Australian InfoSec Incidents 2022, Availability, Confidentiality, Integrity, ISO27k 8.7 Protection against malware, IT Industry, iTWire, Privacy Breach, Queensland, Ransomware | 0 |
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
Read MoreIncident: Leading fruit, veg grower Costa Group leaks data after phishing attack | iTWire
by Steven Kirby | Oct 9, 2022 | Agriculture and Farming, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2022, Confidentiality, iTWire, Privacy Breach, Victoria | 0 |
Australian Phishing Incident October 2022: The Costa Group, Australia’s leading grower, packer and marketer of fresh fruit and vegetables, has been hit by “a malicious and sophisticated IT phishing attack”. The attack could have resulted in passport, bank and superannuation details being leaked, as also tax file numbers.
Read MoreIncident: Student details, photos exposed in University of WA data breach | iTnews
by Steven Kirby | Aug 1, 2022 | Australian InfoSec Incidents 2022, Confidentiality, Education and Training, iTnews, Privacy Breach, Western Australia | 0 |
Australian University Privacy Incident August 2022: Student details, photos exposed in University of Western Australia data breach. The privacy breach that may have compromised the information of hundreds of current and past student.
Read MoreIncident: WA Arts and Culture Trust discloses potential data breach | CRN Australia
by Steven Kirby | Jul 25, 2022 | Australian InfoSec Incidents 2022, Confidentiality, CRN Australia, Entertainment and Events, Privacy Breach, SaaS - Software as a Service, Western Australia | 0 |
Australian Arts Privacy Breach July 2022: Western Australia Arts and Culture Trust discloses potential data breach in it SaaS digital marketing platform. The vendor WordFly revealed it has been offline since 10 Jul.
Read MoreIncident: Deakin University reveals breach of 47,000 students’ details | iTnews
by Steven Kirby | Jul 13, 2022 | Australian InfoSec Incidents 2022, Confidentiality, Education and Training, iTnews, Password, Privacy Breach, SMiShing, Threat Vector, Victoria | 0 |
Australian Cyber Attack July 2022: Deakin University reveals privacy breach of 47,000 students’ details. Subset targeted with smish sent via officially-used SMS channel
Read MoreIncident: Melbourne’s Port Phillip Prison jail targeted by anonymous hackers in cyber attack | MSN
by Steven Kirby | Jul 7, 2022 | Australian InfoSec Incidents 2022, Availability, Confidentiality, Hacked, Integrity, iTnews, MSN Australia, Police and Law Enforcement, Privacy Breach, State Government, Victoria | 0 |
Australian Jail Cyber Attack July 2022: Melbourne’s Port Phillip Prison jail targeted by anonymous hackers in cyber attack. Hackers take control of the G4S operated jail’s online network.
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