
Category: Education and Training
Incident: NSW Education department hit by cyber attack | iTnews
by Steven Kirby | Jul 8, 2021 | Australian InfoSec Incidents 2021, Availability, Education and Training, iTnews, New South Wales, State Government | 0 |
Australian Education Cyber Attack July 2021: NSW Education department hit by cyber attack just days before school term resumes. The attack had forced it to deactivate “a number of internal systems as a precaution.
Read MoreIncident: Kununurra Department of Education worker charged with illegally accessing confidential information | The West Australian
by Steven Kirby | Jun 11, 2021 | Australian InfoSec Incidents 2021, Confidentiality, Education and Training, Insider Threat, Privacy Breach, The West Australian, Unauthorised Access, Western Australia | 0 |
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
Read MoreIncident: UniSA locks down devices and Citrix solution after cyber attack | Arnet
by Steven Kirby | May 18, 2021 | Australian InfoSec Incidents 2021, Availability, Education and Training, In the Press, Outage, South Australia | 0 |
Australian University Incident May 2021. UniSA locks down devices and Citrix solution after cyber attack. A number of PCs and laptops have been disabled, while Citrix VA is now unavailable.
Read MoreIncident: Swinburne University data breach exposes details of 5000 staff, students | iTnews
by Steven Kirby | Apr 16, 2021 | Australian InfoSec Incidents 2021, Confidentiality, Data Breach, Education and Training, iTnews, Privacy Breach, Victoria | 0 |
Australian University Data Breach April 2021: Melbourne’s Swinburne University data breach exposes details of 5000 staff, students. Swinburne says staff, student data has been leaking since 2013.
Read MoreIncident: Melbourne’s RMIT University suspends classes after suffering IT outage | ABC News (Australia)
by Steven Kirby | Feb 19, 2021 | ABC News (Australia), Australian InfoSec Incidents 2021, Availability, Education and Training, Email Phishing, Phishing, Victoria | 0 |
Australian Education Outage February 2021: Melbourne’s RMIT University suspends classes after suffering IT outage. Reportedly the significant cyber attack was caused by a phishing scam.
Read MoreIncident: Spotless hit by ransomware attack | iTnews
by Steven Kirby | Oct 12, 2020 | Australia, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2020, Availability, Defence and Military, Education and Training, Integrity, iTnews, iTWire, Medical and Health Care, New Zealand, Public Sector, Ransomware, Utilities | 0 |
Australian Ransomware Attack October 2020: Spotless Group, the Downer-owned facilities services provider, is the latest high-profile Australian company to fall victim to ransomware attackers. Confirms a ‘number’ of servers ‘accessed’.
Read MoreIncident: Misconfigured UTAS SharePoint site exposed 20,000 students’ details | iTnews
by Steven Kirby | Sep 21, 2020 | 09 Access Control, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2020, Confidentiality, Configuration, Education and Training, iTnews, Privacy Breach, Tasmania | 0 |
Australian Privacy Exposure September 2020: Misconfigured UTAS SharePoint site exposed 20,000 students’ details. Security settings allowed broad access to files.
Read MoreIncident: Data breach exposes tens of thousands of NSW driver’s licences online | ABC News (Australia)
by Steven Kirby | Sep 1, 2020 | 09 Access Control, ABC News (Australia), Australian InfoSec Incidents 2020, Confidentiality, Configuration, Education and Training, New South Wales, Privacy Breach, State Government | 0 |
Australian Government Privacy Breach September 2020: Data breach exposes tens of thousands of NSW driver’s licences online. The documents feature scans of licences which reveal information such as names and addresses.
Read MoreIncident: Seek apologises for ‘internal technical issue’ that exposed user details | ZDNet
by Steven Kirby | Aug 12, 2020 | Australia, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2020, Education and Training, Privacy Breach, ZDNet | 0 |
Australian Privacy Breach August 2020: Seek apologises for ‘internal technical issue’ that exposed user details but it has no intention of reporting the issue as a notifiable data breach to the Office of Australian Information Commissioner.
Read MoreAudit: NSW unis taken to task over poor cyber stance | iTnews
by Steven Kirby | Jun 4, 2020 | Australian Audit Report 2020, Education and Training, iTnews, New South Wales, State Government | 0 |
Australian Audit Report June 2020: NSW unis taken to task over poor cyber stance. Institutions still without cyber risk policies, audit finds.
Read MoreIncident: Melbourne TAFE data breach exposes 55k student, staff files | iTnews
by Steven Kirby | Mar 11, 2020 | ARN from IDG, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2020, Data Breach, Education and Training, iTnews, Privacy, Privacy Breach, Victoria | 0 |
Australian Education Privacy Breach March 2020: Melbourne Polytechnic TAFE data breach exposes 55000 student, staff files. Sensitive financial, health data accessed.
Read MoreIncident: ANU students forced to re-sit exam after data leak | RiotACT
by Steven Kirby | Nov 19, 2019 | Australian Capital Territory, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2019, Data Handling, Education and Training, In the Press | 0 |
Australian University Data Leak November 2019: Australian National University ANU students forced to re-sit exam after data leak
Read MoreIncident: Data breach may affect 50,000 Australian university students using ‘Get’ app | The Guardian
by Steven Kirby | Sep 10, 2019 | API Security, Australia, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2019, Data Breach, Education and Training, Entertainment and Events, Privacy Breach, The Guardian | 0 |
September 10 2019 Australian Privacy Breach: Estimated 50,000 students using events app Get, previously known as Qnect, may have had their personal data exposed online.
Read MoreAudit: Northern Territory School children’s data exposed to cyber security threats due to education department oversight | ABC Australia
by Steven Kirby | Aug 17, 2019 | 09 Access Control, ABC News (Australia), Audit Report, Australian Audit Report 2019, Education and Training, Northern Territory, State Government | 0 |
August 17 2019 Audit Finding: The confidential records of children and teachers have been left vulnerable to cyber security attacks and data mismanagement due to education departmental oversight in the Northern Territory Government, a report from the auditor general’s office has revealed.
Read MoreIncident: Auckland’s Rosehill College deletes pupils’ personal data from their own laptops | Stuff.co.NZ
by Steven Kirby | Aug 8, 2019 | Configuration, Data Loss, Education and Training, New Zealand, Stuff.co.nz | 0 |
NZ Cyber Incident August 08 2019: Rosehill College Auckland which requires pupils to buy their own digital devices has come under fire after all data was deleted from students’ laptops during a school-mandated software update.
Read MoreIncident: TAFE NSW staff details stolen after computer systems allegedly hacked | 9News
by Steven Kirby | Aug 8, 2019 | 9 News, Australia, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2019, Data Breach, Education and Training, Hacked, Phishing, Privacy Breach | 0 |
August 08 2019: Around 30 employees have not been paid on time after having personal information stolen in what TAFE NSW said was a “targeted phishing attack”.
Read MoreIncident: Thieves steal laptops with 30 years of data from University of Western Australia | iTnews
by Steven Kirby | Jul 28, 2019 | Australian InfoSec Incidents 2019, Data Breach, Education and Training, iTnews, Physical Security, Privacy Breach, Western Australia | 0 |
July 28 2019 Privacy Data Breach UWA University of Western Australia, thieves steal laptops with 30 years of data
Read MoreIncident: Sydney headquartered MEGT data breach exposed students passport details, education data | Computerworld
by Steven Kirby | Jun 27, 2019 | Australian InfoSec Incidents 2019, Computerworld Australia, Configuration, Data Breach, Education and Training, New South Wales, Privacy Breach | 0 |
Data Breach 27th June 2019 – Data from a student management system was exposed by an open S3 bucket, an Australian training company MEGT has confirmed.
Read MoreIncident: Geraldton’s Nagle Catholic College swept up in cyber attack targeting parent banking details | The West Australian
by Steven Kirby | Jun 20, 2019 | Australian InfoSec Incidents 2019, Credit Card, Data Breach, Education and Training, Hacked, Privacy Breach, The West Australian, Western Australia | 0 |
Australian Cyber Attack June 2019: A West Australian school has been swept up in a “highly sophisticated” cyber security attack, understood to have scooped up the banking details of parent and guardians.
Read MoreIncident: Australian Catholic University staff details stolen in fresh data breach | SMH
by Steven Kirby | Jun 18, 2019 | Australia, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2019, Data Breach, Education and Training, Hacked, Privacy Breach, SMH - The Sydney Morning Herald | 0 |
Australian Data Breach June 2019: The Australian Catholic University has revealed the sensitive personal information of staff members has been stolen in a cyber attack.
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