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Incident: Defence Housing Australia investigates third-party provider hack exposure | iTnews

by Steven Kirby | Sep 7, 2023 | Australia, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2023, Building and Construction, Defence and Military, Federal Government, iTnews, Managed Services Provider | 0 |

Australian Defence Agencies Third-Party Breach, 07 September 2023. Defence Housing Australia and Department of Veterans’ Affairs investigates third-party provider hack exposure. The breached service provider was not identified.

Incident: 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.

Incident: Pivotal Homes reports ‘ransomware attack’ weeks before liquidation | news.com.au

by Steven Kirby | Jun 3, 2022 | Australian InfoSec Incidents 2022, Availability, Banking and Finance, Building and Construction, Integrity, news.com.au, Queensland, Ransomware | 0 |

Australian Ransomware Attack June 2022: Queensland based builder Pivotal Homes reports ‘ransomware attack’ weeks before liquidation. Up to six months of records have reportedly been lost.

Incident: Vic Building Authority exposes MongoDB instance | iTnews

by Steven Kirby | Dec 24, 2018 | Australian InfoSec Incident, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2018, Building and Construction, Configuration, Data Breach, iTnews, Regulator and Authority, State Government, Victoria | 0 |

Australian Information Security Incident Reported: December 24 2018 The Victorian Building...

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Category: Building and Construction

Incident: Defence Housing Australia investigates third-party provider hack exposure | iTnews

Incident: APA, Viterra caught up in Frontier ransomware attack | iTnews

Incident: Pivotal Homes reports ‘ransomware attack’ weeks before liquidation | news.com.au

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