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Posted by Steven Kirby | Jul 8, 2021 | Australian InfoSec Incidents 2021, Availability, Education and Training, iTnews, New South Wales, State Government | 0 |
Incident: Frontier Software breach spreads to NSW Health | iTnews
by Steven Kirby | Mar 9, 2023 | Australian InfoSec Incidents 2023, Confidentiality, Human Resources, iTnews, Medical and Health Care, SaaS - Software as a Service | 0 |
Australian Ransomware Attack March 2022:: Frontier Software 2021 breach spreads to NSW Health, now reported. Frontier Software advised that payroll information of around 1600 former and current staff employed breached.
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: Black and White Cabs booking service offline after cyber attack | ABC News (Australia)
by Steven Kirby | Feb 2, 2023 | ABC News (Australia), Australia, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2023, Availability, Retail, Transport and Logistics | 0 |
Australian Cyber Attack February 2023: Black and White Cabs booking service offline after cyber attack. Passengers and drivers have been left waiting as the booking system remains locked days after the breach.
Read MoreIncident: Fire Rescue Victoria investigating security incident | iTnews
by Steven Kirby | Dec 16, 2022 | Australian InfoSec Incidents 2022, Availability, iTnews, State Government, Victoria | 0 |
Australian Cyber Incident December 2022: Fire Rescue Victoria confirms cyber attack from ‘external third party’ as outage continues. Outage could last “three or four days.”
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: Technology group providing services to Victorian government departments hit by cyber attack | ABC News Australia
by Steven Kirby | Nov 5, 2022 | ABC News (Australia), Australian InfoSec Incidents 2022, Availability, Confidentiality, Integrity, ISO27k 8.7 Protection against malware, Managed Services Provider, State Government, Victoria | 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: Real estate firm Harcourts latest to suffer data breach | iTWire
by Steven Kirby | Nov 4, 2022 | Australian InfoSec Incidents 2022, Confidentiality, iTWire, Real Estate and Property Management, Victoria | 0 |
Australian Cyber Incident November 2022: Real estate company Harcourts says its Melbourne City franchise has been breached. The rental property database had been accessed by an unknown third party without authorisation.
Read MoreIncident: APA, Viterra caught up in Frontier ransomware attack | iTnews
by Steven Kirby | Nov 2, 2022 | Agriculture and Farming, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2022, Availability, Building and Construction, Confidentiality, Human Resources, Integrity, ISO27k 8.7 Protection against malware, iTnews, SaaS - Software as a Service | 0 |
Australian Ransomware November 2022: Infrastructure operator APA Group, and agribusiness Viterra caught up in Frontier ransomware attack. Other previously unreported incidents, Indigenous Land and Sea Corporation and Workskil Australia.
Read MoreIncident: Ransomware attack on Dialog also took down defence app ForceNet | iTWire
by Steven Kirby | Oct 31, 2022 | Australia, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2022, Confidentiality, Defence and Military, Federal Government, iTWire, Managed Services Provider | 0 |
Australian Defence Ransomware Incident October 2022: Ransomware attack on Dialog also took down Australian Department of Defence service ForceNet. An Agenda ransomware attack hit a communications platform used by the Department of Defence.
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: Hackers hit AICD cybersecurity conference | Brisbane Times
by Steven Kirby | Oct 25, 2022 | Australia, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2022, Brisbane Times, Industry Group and Association, Phishing | 0 |
Australian Phishing Attack October 2022: Australian Institute of Company Directors (AIDC) cybersecurity conference LinkedIn Chat hit by hackers. Official-looking AICD link and Eventbrite link were posted asking for credit card details.
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.
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