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Incident: Finsure confirms ‘cyber incident’ impacting customers and brokers | TheAdviser
Australian Finance Services Privacy Breach, 27 November 2024: Mortgage broker Finsure confirms ‘cyber incident’ impacting customers and brokers. Finsure has confirmed that the marketing data of a number of its brokers and customers was impacted as a result of breach of their third-party provider Activepipe.
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Incident: Snow Brand Australia confirms SafePay ransomware attack | Cyberdaily.au
Australian Manufacturing Ransomware Attack, 22 November 2024: Victorian based Snow Brand Australia confirms SafePay ransomware attack. Stolen 24 gigabytes, including financial data invoices, purchase orders, and details of retail partners. Also employee data, medical certificates, superannuation details, and Medicare applications.
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Incident: Rare earths miner targeted in cyber attack prior to removal of Chinese investors | ABC News Australia
Australian Mining Data Breach, 4 June 2024: Rare earths miner Northern Minerals, targeted in cyberattack prior to removal of Chinese investors. BianLian boasts of having stolen operational, strategical, financial and personal employee data.
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Incident: Ticketek Australia says customers’ names, emails and dates of birth may have been accessed in cyber security breach | ABC News Australia
Australian Entertainment Privacy Breach, 31 May 2024: Ticketek Australia says customers’ names, emails and dates of birth may have been accessed in cyber security breach. The announcement comes just days after rival company Ticketmaster was reportedly attacked by a hacker group which stole customer information.
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Incident Updated: Australian government investigating ‘large-scale ransomware’ data breach of script provider MediSecure | ABC News (Australia)
Australian Medical Data Breach, 16 May 2024: E-script provider MediSecure is the health organisation at the centre of the large-scale ransomware data breach. Early indicators suggest the incident originated from one of our third-party vendors.
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Incident: Sumo slammed by data breach, as energy and internet customers have details leaked | SHM
Australian Energy Privacy Breach, 15 May 2024: Victorian energy provide Sumo Energy slammed by data breach, as energy and internet customers have details leaked. Personal details of approximately 40,000 customers were compromised, including approximately 3,000 Australian passport numbers.
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Incident: Some Firstmac customer details breached in home lender hack | 9 News
Australian Banking Ransomware Attack, 10 May 2024: Brisbane based non-bank lender Firstmac suffers ransomware attack by EMBARGO. 500 gigabytes of data, including “full databases, source codes, sensitive customer data”.
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Incident: Qantas confirms technology issue caused data breach that exposed personal information of customers – ABC News Australia
Australian Travel Privacy Breach, 03 May 2024: Qantas confirms technology issue caused data breach that exposed personal information of customers. A caching issue resulted in the wrong information updating on customers’ apps.
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Incident: Cybercrime detectives arrest man following alleged data breach involving more than 1 million NSW clubs customer records | ABC News Australia
Australian Clubs Privacy Breach, 02 May 2024: Cybercrime detectives arrest man following alleged data breach involving more than 1 million NSW clubs customer records. ID Support NSW confirmed more than 17 licensed clubs across NSW and the ACT have been implicated in the data breach.
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Incident: Victorian print music giant Hal Leonard Australia falls victim to Qilin ransomware | cyberdaily.au
Australian Retailer Ransomware Breach, 15 January 2024: Qilin ransomware gang has shared 37.6 gigabytes of data belonging to Victorian print music company Hal Leonard Australia. Hal Leonard given a week to pay an undisclosed sum of money for ransom.
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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: Life Saving Victoria server hacked by ‘malicious actors’ | ABC News Australia
Australian Privacy Breach, 24 December 2023: Life Saving Victoria server hacked by ‘malicious actors’. The extent of the personal information is limited and does not pose a serious threat to the individuals.
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Incident: UPDATE NDIA data breach claimed to impact 11,000 “records” | iTnews
Australian Insider Threat, 29 November 2023: National Disability Insurance Agency NDIA data breach claimed to impact 11,000 “records”. NDIA staffer charged with leaking participants’ data, acting NDIA provider also arrested.
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Incident: TissuPath data breach victim upset by delayed notification | ABC News (Australia)
Australian Pathology Ransomware Attack, 14 November 2023: Australian pathology company Tissupath, reported a ransomware attack at a third-party IT supplier, Core Desktop. About 130,000 victims of a data hack at pathology company TissuPath in August involving referrals issued between 2011 and 2020 was to blame.
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Incident: The Super SA data hack impacted thousands but took two months to come to light. Here’s what we know | ABC News (Australia)
Australian Health Insurer Hacked, 28 October 2023: The Super SA data hack impacted thousands but took two months to come to light. Here’s what we know. 14,011 members may have been impacted by a cyber security incident involving a former third-party service provider.
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Incident: Ransomware gang posts 30GB of data it claims belongs to Victorian real estate group | cyberdaily.au
Australian Real Estate Ransomware Attack, 04 October 2023: Ransomware gang posts 30GB of data it claims belongs to Victorian real estate group. Ragnar Locker gang is claiming to have breached Network Pacific Real Estate following a failure in negotiations.
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Incident: Russian ransomware gang AlphV breaches Core Desktop, a South Melbourne IT services company | ABC News (Australia)
Australian IT Services Ransomware Attack, 05 September 2023: Russian ransomware gang AlphV breaches Core Desktop, a South Melbourne IT services company. TissuPath, Strata Plan and Barry Plant Blackburn were all clients of Core Desktop.
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Incident: Dymocks warns customers of data breach after account information leaked on dark web | ABC News (Australia)
Australian Retail Privacy Breach, 08 September 2023: Dymocks warns customers of data breach after account information leaked on dark web. Customers’ addresses, email addresses, phone numbers, and membership details may have been compromised.
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Incident: Thousands of donors to Australian charities, including Cancer Council and Canteen, have data leaked to dark web | ABC News (Australia)
Australian Telemarketer Breach, 23 August 2023: Pareto Phone, a Brisbane-based telemarketing company that contacts potential donors on behalf of charities, was hacked by cybercriminals in April. 70 charities, including Amnesty International Australia, Australian Conservation Foundation, Wilderness Society, Cancer Council Cancer, The Fred Hollows Foundation, Canteen, Heart Foundation, and Medecins Sans Frontieres.
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Incident: Australian horse riding organisations caught up in cyber attack impacting 10,000 people | The Courier Mail
Australian Event Management Incident, 06 July 2023: Australian critical infrastructure company Ventia has been breached in an online attack. Information including names, email addresses, home addresses, phone numbers and bank details.
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Origin Energy, Australia's biggest power provider, is investigating a suspected cyber attack affecting up to 5 million Australians. A hacker calling himself John Doe claims to have stolen personal data [...]
Origin Energy says an investigation has been launched into a potential hacking incident with reports two million customers could have been affected. The company has 4.8 million customers. The nation's [...]
One of Australia's largest energy companies, Origin Energy, says it is investigating a security breach that "may have" affected customer data. "Origin … [...]
Origin Energy is investigating a potential cyber hack that may have compromised the data of some customers. In a statement, the major energy provider … [...]