Category: Policing and Law Enforcement
Incident: Charges over Victoria Police data breach | 7News
by Steven Kirby | Dec 21, 2021 | 07.01.02 Terms and conditions of employment, 07.02.02 Information security awareness, education and training, 12.04 Logging and monitoring, 7 NEWS Australia, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2021, Insider Threat, Law & Legal, Policing and Law Enforcement, State Government, Victoria | 0 |
Australian Insider Threat December 2021: Charges over Victoria Police data breach. Accessing police information, disclosing police information, and intentionally communicating protected information.
Read MoreIncident: Queensland Police Service apologises to gun owners over mass data breach in Moreton region | ABC News (Australia)
by Steven Kirby | Jan 14, 2021 | ABC News (Australia), Australian InfoSec Incidents 2021, Confidentiality, Data Breach, Email, Policing and Law Enforcement, Privacy Breach, Queensland, State Government | 0 |
Queensland Data Breach January 2021: Queensland Police Service apologises to gun owners over mass data breach in Moreton region. QPS apologises after a data breach revealed personal details of licensed gun owners in the Moreton district.
Read MoreIncident: Bugged lawyers’ conversations available to police thanks to ‘IT error’ | The Age
by Steven Kirby | Nov 23, 2020 | Australia, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2020, Confidentiality, Law & Legal, Policing and Law Enforcement, Privacy Breach, State Government, The Age, Victoria | 0 |
Australian Privacy Breach November 2020. Bugged lawyers’ conversations available to Victorian police thanks to ‘IT error’. The massive breach of the rights to confidentiality and legal professional privilege has potentially contaminated an unknown number of criminal cases and convictions.
Read MoreNZ Incident: SAP apologises after NZ firearms registry upgrade privacy breach | iTnews
by Steven Kirby | Dec 3, 2019 | 🥝 NZ Incidents, iTnews, New Zealand, Policing and Law Enforcement, Privacy Breach | 0 |
NZ Privacy Breach 3 December 2019. SAP apologises after NZ firearms registry upgrade privacy breach. Gun buyback site shut down.
Read MoreIncident: WA Officer David Snowball illegally accessed police computer to protect partner’s massage business | ABC News (Australia)
by Steven Kirby | Aug 9, 2019 | ABC News (Australia), Australian InfoSec Incidents 2019, Insider Threat, Police and Law Enforcement, Policing and Law Enforcement, Privacy Breach, Unauthorised Access, Western Australia | 0 |
August 09 2019: A senior WA police officer of 22 years’ standing who unlawfully accessed a restricted computer system in an attempt to protect his partner’s illegitimate massage business has walked free from court after being sentenced.
Read MoreIncident: Govt IT contractor charged over cryptocurrency mining – Security | iTnews
by Steven Kirby | May 21, 2019 | Acceptable Use Policy, Australia, Australian InfoSec Incident, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2019, Cryptocurrency - Bitcoin, CyberCrime, Federal Government, Insider Threat, iTnews, New South Wales, Policing and Law Enforcement | 0 |
Australian Information Security Incident Reported: May 21 2019 A Sydney man has been charged by...
Read MoreIncident: Sydney man charged over Netflix, Spotify credential-stuffing, stolen accounts | iTnews
by Steven Kirby | Mar 13, 2019 | Australian InfoSec Incident, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2019, Identity Management, Identity Theft, iTnews, New South Wales, Password, Policing and Law Enforcement, Social Media | 0 |
A Sydney man has been charged by AFP for alleged involvement in WickedGen.com.
Read MoreAFP’s foreign metadata disclosures dip | iTnews
by Steven Kirby | Dec 21, 2017 | Australia, Cybersecurity, Federal Government, iTnews, MetaData, Policing and Law Enforcement, Privacy | 0 |
The Australian Federal Police disclosed the telecommunications metadata of 13 people – including two Australian citizens – to foreign law enforcement agencies in the most recent financial year. Source: AFP’s...
Read MoreIncident: Australia police accidentally broadcast arrest plans on social media | Yahoo 7
by Steven Kirby | Dec 19, 2017 | Australian InfoSec Incident, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2017, Cybersecurity, New South Wales, Policing and Law Enforcement, Social Media Incident, Yahoo7 News | 0 |
Australian Information Security Incident Reported: December 19 2017 Sydney (AFP) –...
Read MoreComputer password laws being ‘sneaked’ through SA Parliament, Greens say | ABC News (Australia)
by Steven Kirby | Nov 15, 2017 | ABC News (Australia), Cybersecurity, Digital Rights, Legislation and Regulation, Password, Policing and Law Enforcement, Privacy, South Australia, State Government | 0 |
The laws were sold as a further measure against child exploitation material, but the Greens worry they are being expanded to cover offences such as fraud. Source: Computer password laws being ‘sneaked’ through SA...
Read MoreFacial recognition in Australia: Will technology keep us safe? | news.com.au
by Steven Kirby | Oct 20, 2017 | Australia, Biometrics, Cybersecurity, news.com.au, Policing and Law Enforcement | 0 |
MALCOLM Turnbull insists new anti-terror measures won’t lead to mass surveillance, but China and Russia prove it makes things just a little too easy for Big Brother. Source: Facial recognition in Australia: Will technology keep...
Read MoreWA Police, Facebook warn against ‘cyber’ laws | iTnews
by Steven Kirby | Oct 20, 2017 | Cyberbullying, CyberCrime, iTnews, Law & Legal, Policing and Law Enforcement, State Government, Western Australia | 0 |
WA Police has called on the government to abandon plans to criminalise a range of cyberbullying activities, it should strengthen existing laws rather than create more. Source: WA Police, Facebook warn against ‘cyber’...
Read MoreIncident: Queensland business loses $1.9M to cyber scam | ARN
by Steven Kirby | Sep 11, 2017 | ARN from IDG, Australian InfoSec Incident, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2017, Cyber Fraud, Email Spear Phing and Business Email Compromise (BEC), Policing and Law Enforcement, Queensland | 0 |
Australian Information Security Incident Reported: September 11 2017 The Queensland Police...
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Jenny Ng and Jian Lim often received text messages from their bank, HSBC, so it didn't ring any alarm bells when a message about fraudulent activity …
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- Yearly Breach Reports Summary 2023by Steven Kirby on April 27, 2024
This is a listing of all publicly disclosed Australian cyber attacks and data breaches from 2023. I do not claim that this is a complete list, as …
- Cyber attack knocks out Wollongong trucking firm for second weekby Connor Pearce on April 27, 2024
Staff and contractors will wait another week to return to work.
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