Australian Not-for-Profit Ransomware Attack, 24 January 2025: New South Wales: Space Bears ransomware gang claims hack of Not-for-Profit provider Christian Community Aid. Compromised data reportedly includes various file types such as .jpg, .mp4, .mov, .xls, .doc, .mdf, .msg, and pdf.
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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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Australian Private Health Provider Hacked, 22 December 2023: St Vincent’s Health network hit by cyber attack, with “some” data stolen. The organisation is working to determine what information has been taken.
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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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Australian Not-for-profit Hacked 28 April 2023: Amnesty International Australia slow with disclosure after December hack. Amnesty said none of the information met the legal threshold that would have required Amnesty to disclose.
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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
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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”
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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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Australian Charity Data Breach February 2021: Oxfam Australia investigates suspected data breach that allegedly impacted the data of 1.7 million supporters
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Australian Detailed Privacy Breach September 2020: Scouts Victoria data breach potentially nets 900 people’s personal details including bank details, birth certificates and court orders.
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The Australian Red Cross Blood Service and its website contractor have escaped penalties from the...
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Hackers are alleged to have stolen more than 80,000 documents totalling 100 gigabytes of data from a Sydney-based property investment firm. • Fri, 01 … [...]
Scammers observed impersonating Aussie toll operator Linkt and the New Zealand Police and Ministry of Justice. • Wed, 29 Apr 2026 • … [...]
A cyber attack impacting a New Zealand city council has compromised the data of hundreds of people. • Wed, 29 Apr 2026 • Security *]:clear-none … [...]
Hackers claim to have stolen 441 gigabytes of data, including internal correspondence, driver’s licence scans and revealing Christmas party photos. • … [...]
Major Australian ice-cream retailer Gelatissimo has launched an investigation into claims made by hackers that the company was breached in a … [...]
Two-thirds of Australians are sharing key information that makes them easy targets for scammers and cyber criminals. The new research from the Department of Home Affairs also found more than [...]
A 45-year-old New South Wales Treasury employee has been arrested and charged with accessing and downloading over 5,500 sensitive government documents containing confidential, commercial and financial information across multiple NSW [...]
Australian banks, power providers and infrastructure firms do not have access to test their systems against a powerful new AI cybersecurity risk, Anthropic's Mythos. Anthropic has claimed Claude Mythos is [...]
A newly published Australian Army Research Centre paper has highlighted the need for Australia to establish an Australian national cyber reserve … [...]
Australian investment firm Generation Life says there is no evidence of any unauthorised transaction, but is investigating a potential data breach. • … [...]
A determination issued today by the Privacy Commissioner finds that the 2Apply rental technology platform, operated by InspectRealEstate (IRE), … [...]
