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Australian Information Security Incident Reported: July 27 2018 Telstra customer stumbles across...
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Australian Information Security Incident Reported: July 26 2018 An Australian medical booking app,...
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Incident: Cyber attack on Family Planning NSW client database | SMH
Australian Information Security Incident Reported: May 14 2018 A cyber attack on Family Planning...
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Australian Information Security Incident Reported: May 02 2018 The Commonwealth Bank lost the...
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Report: OAIC Quarterly Data Breach Statistics Report: January 2018 – March 2018
Australian Information Security Report: April 11 2018 The Office of the Australian Information...
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Incident: Illawarra man held over car-sharing firm GoGet hack | iTWire
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Read MoreHealth open data bungle meant Aussies could be identified | iTnews
Researchers from the University of Melbourne have been able to easily re-identify patients from confidential data released by the federal Health department, without using decryption methods. Privacy commissioner investigating....
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The number of data breaches reported by Australian companies could almost double next year under new privacy rules that start in February. Source: Data breaches likely to soar | afr.com
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