Category: Privacy Breach
Incident: NSW public insurer icare privacy bungle hits 193,000 people | iTnews
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
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Incident: Australian National Disability Insurance Scheme provider breached and treating its database as compromised | ZDNet
Australian Medical Data Hacked May 2022: Australian National Disability Insurance Scheme case management system provider CTARS breached. “Large volume” of sensitive health data exposed.
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Incident: 50k customers caught up in Tasmanian Spirit Super phishing attack | iTnews
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.
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Incident: Australian company Amart Furniture has 100k warranty customers details breached
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.
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Incident: Ransomware attack at Australian childcare provider Building Futures Montessori causes privacy breach and data loss
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.
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Incident: TfNSW hit by second cyber attack in less than 18 months | iTnews
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.
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Incident: Sky News employees caught in cyber breach | SHM
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.
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NZ Ransomware Incident – 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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Incident: NSW Government QR Code data leak exposes over 500,000 sensitive locations | Daily Mail Australia
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.
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Incident: Australian Red Cross warns clients of potential security breach | CRN Australia
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.
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Incident: Coles, Westpac, AMP and Department of Defence caught up in ‘significant’ data breach of Finite Recruitment | ABC News (Australia)
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.
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Incident: NSW government casual recruiter suffers ransomware hit | ZDNet
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.
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Incident: Personal details of up to 80,000 SA government employees accessed in cyber attack | ABC News (Australia)
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).
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Incident: SA Ambulance Service patients’ personal information stolen from consultancy firm | ABC News (Australia)
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.
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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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Incident: Kununurra Department of Education worker charged with illegally accessing confidential information | The West Australian
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
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Incident: NSW Health confirms data breached due to Accellion vulnerability | ZDNet
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.
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Incident: Domain hit by cyber attack, warns users to be careful with rental inquiries | SMH
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.
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Incident: Service NSW worker corrupt: ICAC | AAP
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.
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Incident: NSW Labor takes a hit from Windows Avaddon ransomware | iTwire
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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