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Incident: Football Australia data breach reportedly exposes contracts, passports, and ticket information | ABC News Australia
Australian Football Breach, 1 February 2024: Football Australia data breach reportedly exposes contracts, passports, and ticket information. Plain-text digital “keys” in the publicly accessible code, access to 127 digital storage containers.
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Incident: Patient data hacked at Crace Medical Centre in Canberra
Australian Medical Centre Breach, 18 January a2024: Patient data hacked at Crace Medical Centre in Canberra. Crace has not disclosed any details about the attack nor the number of affected individuals.
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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: Australian travel agency Inspiring Vacations, exposes customer data after leaving database publicly accessible
Australian Travel Agency Breach, 11 January 2024: Melbourne travel agency Inspiring Vacations, exposes customer data after leaving database publicly accessible. The leaked data, includes passport images, travel visa certificates, travel itineraries, and partial credit card numbers.
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Incident: The Iconic promises refunds after a spate of fraudulent transactions on customer accounts | ABC News Australia
Australian Retail Breach, 09 January 2024: Australian retailer The Iconic, promises refunds after a spate of fraudulent transactions on customer accounts. While not directly hacked, the unauthorised third party used a technique known as ‘credential stuffing’.
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Incident: Cyber attack on Victoria’s court system may have exposed recordings of sensitive cases | ABC News Australia
Australian Court Ransomware Attack, 02 January 2024: Cyber attack on Victoria’s court system may have exposed recordings of sensitive cases. The Qilin ransomware attacked the court system’s audio-visual archive, which staff discovered on December 21
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Incident: Eagers Automotive says IT outage stems from cyber incident | iTnews
Australian Automotive Cyber Incident, 29 December 2023: Eagers Automotive says IT outage stems from cyber incident, enters trading halt. Impacting our IT systems in some operating locations across Australia and New Zealand.
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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: St Vincent’s Health network hit by cyber attack, with data stolen | ABC News Australia
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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Incident: University of Wollongong discloses data breach | iTnews
Australian University Data Breach, 11 December 2023: University of Wollongong discloses data breach. The breach may have affected both staff and students.
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Incident: Nissan discloses cyber incident in Australia and NZ | iTnews
Australian Financial Service Data Breach, 7 December 2023: Nissan Australian and New Zealand Nissan Corporation and Financial Services discloses cyber incident. Also affecting Nissan Financial Services, Mitsubishi Motors Financial Services, Renault Financial Services, Skyline Car Finance. RAM Truck Finance and LDV Financial Services.
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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: Port Adelaide Football Club Hackers post Port files online
Australian Football Cyber Attack, 16 November 2023: Port Adelaide Football Club Hackers post Port files online. Member data is believed not to be compromised though members should be wary of communications from the club.
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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: Major Australian port operator shuts down amid cyber security incident, impacting goods in and out of the country | ABC News (Australia)
Australian Ports Cyber Attack, 11 November 2023: Major Australian port operator DP World Australia shuts down amid cyber security incident, impacting goods in and out of the country. Operator failed to fix a critical IT vulnerability; the patch had been released over a month earlier.
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Incident: SA Health patients caught up in data breach of third-party platform Personify Care | ABC News (Australia)
Australian Patient Data, 28 October 2023: SA Health patients caught up in data breach of third-party platform Personify Care. Health information of 121 patients and the names and phone numbers of about 12,000 others was deleted by an “unauthorised third party.
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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: Home Affairs, Administrative Appeals Tribunal websites hit by cyber attacks | SBS News
Australian Denial of Service Attack, 06 October 2023: Home Affairs, Administrative Appeals Tribunal websites hit by cyber attacks. DDoS attack, impacted site access for about five hours.
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Incident: Cybercriminals access patient information at Melbourne’s Royal Women’s Hospital | 7News
Australian Patient Data Breach, 05 October 2023: Personal data of almost 200 patients exposed in hack of Melbourne hospital staff member’s email. Worker sent details about the patients to their personal email account, which was later hacked.
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