
Category: Privacy Breach
Incident: NSW public insurer icare privacy bungle hits 193,000 people | iTnews
by Steven Kirby | Jun 2, 2022 | Australian InfoSec Incidents 2022, Banking and Finance, Confidentiality, Data Handling, Email, Insider Threat, iTnews, Medical and Health Care, New South Wales, Privacy Breach | 0 |
Australian Insurer Privacy Breach June 2022: NSW public insurer icare sends private details of 193,000 workers to wrong employers. Excel spreadsheet emailed to 587 wrong employers and brokers
Read MoreIncident: Australian National Disability Insurance Scheme provider breached and treating its database as compromised | ZDNet
by Steven Kirby | May 31, 2022 | Australian InfoSec Incidents 2022, Confidentiality, Hacked, Medical and Health Care, New South Wales, Privacy Breach, ZDNet | 0 |
Australian Medical Data Hacked May 2022: Australian National Disability Insurance Scheme case management system provider CTARS breached. “Large volume” of sensitive health data exposed.
Read MoreIncident: 50k customers caught up in Tasmanian Spirit Super phishing attack | iTnews
by Steven Kirby | May 30, 2022 | Australian InfoSec Incidents 2022, Banking and Finance, Confidentiality, Email Phishing, iTnews, Privacy Breach, Tasmania | 0 |
Australian Superfund Phishing Attack May 2022: 50k customers caught up in Tasmanian Spirit Super phishing attack. Data possibly compromised after attacker overcame MFA on email account.
Read MoreIncident: Australian company Amart Furniture has 100k warranty customers details breached
by Steven Kirby | May 20, 2022 | Australia, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2022, Confidentiality, In the Press, Privacy Breach, Retail | 0 |
Australian Retailer Data Breach May 2022: Australian company Amart Furniture has 100k warranty customers details breached. Database hosted on AWS was the source of the information.
Read MoreIncident: Ransomware attack at Australian childcare provider Building Futures Montessori causes privacy breach and data loss
by Steven Kirby | May 13, 2022 | Australia, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2021, Availability, Confidentiality, Data Breach, In the Press, Integrity, Privacy Breach, Services | 0 |
Australian Childcare Privacy Breach May 2022: Ransomware attack at Australian childcare provider Building Futures Montessori. Parents’ Names, email address, phone numbers, children’s names and date of birth compromised.
Read MoreIncident: TfNSW hit by second cyber attack in less than 18 months | iTnews
by Steven Kirby | May 4, 2022 | Australian InfoSec Incidents 2022, Confidentiality, iTnews, New South Wales, Privacy Breach, State Government, Transport and Logistics | 0 |
Australian Privacy Breach May 2022: Transport for NSW hit by second cyber attack in less than 18 months. An online application used by vehicle examiners to conduct roadworthiness inspections in NSW has been struck by a cyber attack.
Read MoreIncident: Sky News employees caught in cyber breach | SHM
by Steven Kirby | Feb 27, 2022 | 12.02 Protection from Malware, 12.04 Logging and monitoring, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2022, Availability, Confidentiality, Data Breach, Integrity, News Film and Media, Privacy Breach, SaaS - Software as a Service, SMH - The Sydney Morning Herald | 0 |
Australian Media Ransomware Attack February 2022. Sky News employees caught in cyber breach, Info accessed included full names, dwelling and e mail addresses, phone numbers, dates of beginning, tax file numbers, salaries, payroll IDs and superannuation fund particulars.
Read MoreNZ Ransomware Incident – NZ technology company iTCo hacked, data stolen | 1 News
by Steven Kirby | Feb 26, 2022 | 12.02 Protection from Malware, Availability, Confidentiality, 🥝 NZ Incidents, In the Press, Integrity, IT Industry, New Zealand, Privacy Breach, Ransomware | 0 |
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.
Read MoreIncident: NSW Government QR Code data leak exposes over 500,000 sensitive locations | Daily Mail Australia
by Steven Kirby | Feb 15, 2022 | 08.02.03 Handling of assets, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2022, Confidentiality, Daily Mail Australia, Data Breach, Privacy Breach, State Government, Unintended Disclosure Incident | 0 |
Australian Government Privacy Breach February 2022: NSW Government QR Code data leak exposes over 500,000 sensitive locations. Address’s included Defence sites, bombing ranges and domestic violence shelters.
Read MoreIncident: Australian Red Cross warns clients of potential security breach | CRN Australia
by Steven Kirby | Feb 1, 2022 | Australia, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2022, Charities and Not For Profit, Confidentiality, CRN Australia, Data Breach, Managed Services Provider, Medical and Health Care, Privacy Breach | 0 |
Australian Privacy Breach February 2022: Australian Red Cross warns clients of potential security breach. May have been caught up in cyber security incident hitting the parent company.
Read MoreIncident: Coles, Westpac, AMP and Department of Defence caught up in ‘significant’ data breach of Finite Recruitment | ABC News (Australia)
by Steven Kirby | Dec 18, 2021 | 12.06 Technical vulnerability management, ABC News (Australia), Australia, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2021, Confidentiality, Human Resources, Privacy Breach, SaaS - Software as a Service, Services | 0 |
Australian Recruitment Ransomware Incident December 2021: Coles, Westpac, AMP and Department of Defence caught up in ‘significant’ data breach of Finite Recruitment. Conti claims to have stolen more than 300 gigabytes of data in this attack.
Read MoreIncident: NSW government casual recruiter suffers ransomware hit | ZDNet
by Steven Kirby | Dec 17, 2021 | 12.06 Technical vulnerability management, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2021, Availability, Confidentiality, New South Wales, Privacy Breach, SaaS - Software as a Service, Services, State Government, ZDNet | 0 |
Australian Ransomware Incident December 2021: NSW government casual recruiter Finite Recruitment suffers Conti ransomware hit. Attackers claimed to have stolen more than 300GB of financial and personal data.
Read MoreIncident: Personal details of up to 80,000 SA government employees accessed in cyber attack | ABC News (Australia)
by Steven Kirby | Dec 10, 2021 | 12.02 Protection from Malware, ABC News (Australia), Australian InfoSec Incidents 2021, Confidentiality, Integrity, Privacy Breach, SaaS - Software as a Service, Services, South Australia, State Government, Utilities | 0 |
Australian State Government Ransomware Attack December 2021: Up to 80000 South Australian Government employee data stolen in Frontier Software ransomware attack. Data accessed include names, dates of birth, tax file numbers, addresses, bank account details and pay details (remuneration, tax withheld, superannuation contributions).
Read MoreIncident: SA Ambulance Service patients’ personal information stolen from consultancy firm | ABC News (Australia)
by Steven Kirby | Nov 10, 2021 | 08.03 Media handling, ABC News (Australia), Australian InfoSec Incidents 2021, Confidentiality, Medical and Health Care, Privacy Breach, South Australia, State Government | 0 |
Australian Health Services Privacy Breach November 2021: South Australia Ambulance Service patients’ personal information stolen from consultancy firm. The personal details of 28,000 patients have been lost on a stolen a storage device.
Read MoreNZ Incident – Ransomware attack: Waikato DHB supporting patients after documents dumped online | stuff
by Steven Kirby | Jun 29, 2021 | Confidentiality, 🥝 NZ Incidents, Medical and Health Care, New Zealand, Privacy, Privacy Breach, Public Sector, Ransomware, Stuff.co.nz | 0 |
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.
Read MoreIncident: 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
Read MoreIncident: NSW Health confirms data breached due to Accellion vulnerability | ZDNet
by Steven Kirby | Jun 6, 2021 | Australian InfoSec Incidents 2021, Confidentiality, Medical and Health Care, New South Wales, Privacy Breach, Website Compromise, ZDNet | 0 |
Australian Vulnerability Incident June 2021: NSW Health is the latest Australian government entity to confirm being impacted by a vulnerability in the Accellion file transfer system. Different types of information, including identity information and in some cases, health-related personal information, were included in the attack.
Read MoreIncident: Domain hit by cyber attack, warns users to be careful with rental inquiries | SMH
by Steven Kirby | May 20, 2021 | Australia, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2021, Confidentiality, Email Phishing, Phishing, Privacy Breach, Real Estate and Property Management, SMH - The Sydney Morning Herald | 0 |
Australian Real Estate Cyber Incident May 2021: Domain hit by cyber attack, warns users to be careful with rental inquiries. There is a risk that some of your personal information may have been accessed by an unauthorised third party.
Read MoreIncident: Service NSW worker corrupt: ICAC | AAP
by Steven Kirby | May 11, 2021 | 09 Access Control, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2021, Confidentiality, Government Agency, Insider Threat, Integrity, New South Wales, Privacy Breach, State Government, The Canberra Times | 0 |
Australia Data Insider Access Incident May 2021: A Service NSW worker could face criminal charges involving accessing a restricted database. ICAC said, the agency had “misplaced confidence” in the effectiveness of its controls.
Read MoreIncident: NSW Labor takes a hit from Windows Avaddon ransomware | iTwire
by Steven Kirby | May 5, 2021 | Australian InfoSec Incidents 2021, Availability, Confidentiality, Integrity, iTWire, New South Wales, Politician and Politics, Privacy Breach, Ransomware | 0 |
Australia Political Ransomware Attack May 2021: The NSW branch of the Labor Party appears to have suffered a Windows ransomware attack, with the Avaddon strain having been used to attack the party’s network. Photocopies of an Australian passport, a driver’s licence and a number of other documents have been posted online.
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