Category: Federal Government

Incident: Double blow: new data breach hits stranded Australians as Emirates suspends flights out of UK | The Guardian

by Steven Kirby | Jan 29, 2021 | Australia, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2021, Confidentiality, Data Handling, Email, Federal Government, Privacy, Privacy Breach, The Guardian | 0 |

Australian Government Privacy Breach January 2021: Double blow: new data breach hits stranded Australians as Emirates suspends flights out of UK. Government admits inadvertently emailing revealing sensitive details of passengers booked on a repatriation flight from London

Incident: DFAT Stranded Aussies’ identities exposed again | The Canberra Times

by Steven Kirby | Oct 28, 2020 | Australia, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2020, Confidentiality, Data Handling, Email, Federal Government, Government Agency, Privacy, The Canberra Times, User Error | 0 |

Australian Government Privacy Breach Again October 2020: DFAT Stranded Aussies’ identities exposed again. The identities of Australians stranded overseas have been accidentally exposed for the third time in as many months.

Incident: DFAT admits email addresses of almost 3,000 Australians stranded overseas released in breach | The Guardian

by Steven Kirby | Sep 30, 2020 | Australia, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2020, Confidentiality, Data Handling, Email, Federal Government, Government Agency, Privacy, The Guardian, User Error | 0 |

Australian Government Privacy Breach September 2020: DFAT admits email addresses of almost 3,000 Australians stranded overseas released in breach. Addressees were mistakenly listed in the ‘to’ field, rather than ‘bcc’, making them visible to other recipients.

NZ Incident: RC plane and drone users’ details leaked by CAA New Zealand | xjet

by Steven Kirby | Sep 30, 2020 | Australian InfoSec Incidents 2020, Confidentiality, 🥝 New Zealand, 🥝 NZ Incidents, Email, Federal Government, Government Agency, Privacy, Regulator and Authority | 0 |

New Zealand Privacy Breach September 2020: RC plane and drone users’ details leaked by CAA New Zealand. CAA New Zealand violation of privacy involving people from around the world who filed complaints with them.

Audit: ANAO finds Services Australia lacking in cyber and cost aspects of WPIT | ZDNet

by Steven Kirby | Sep 25, 2020 | Australia, Australian Audit Report 2020, Federal Government, Government Agency, Risk Management, ZDNet | 0 |

Australian Audit Report September 2020: ANAO finds Services Australia lacking in cyber and cost aspects of WPIT. Services Australia did not apply an appropriate framework to manage cyber security risk.

Audit: Fed agencies cop mass fail in core systems cyber review | iTnews

by Steven Kirby | May 29, 2020 | Australia, Australian Audit Report 2020, Federal Government, iTnews | 0 |

Australian Audit Report May 2020: Australian federal agencies cop mass fail in core systems cyber review. Just one agency gets ‘essential eight’ tick for financial, HR systems.

Incident: Federal court data breach sees names of protection visa applicants made public | ABC News (Australia)

by Steven Kirby | Mar 31, 2020 | ABC News (Australia), Australia, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2020, Federal Government, Law & Legal, Privacy Breach, Website | 0 |

Australian Privacy Breach February 2020: Federal court data breach sees names of protection visa applicants made public on the website of the Federal Court putting asylum seekers at risk

Incident: Updated Citrix Bug – Fears private details of Australian Defence Force members compromised in database hack | ABC News (Australia)

by Steven Kirby | Mar 4, 2020 | ABC News (Australia), Australia, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2020, Defence and Military, Federal Government, Hacked, Privacy | 0 |

Australian Cyber Attack March 2020: A highly sensitive military database containing the personal details of tens of thousands of Australian Defence Force (ADF) members was shut down for 10 days due to fears it had been hacked.

Incident: Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s office accidentally leaks talking points for MPs to journalists | ABC News (Australia)

by Steven Kirby | Oct 7, 2019 | ABC News (Australia), Australia, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2019, Data Handling, Email, Federal Government, Insider Threat, Politician and Politics | 0 |

Australian Email Incident 07 October 2019: Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s office accidentally leaks talking points for MPs to journalists

Incident: Commonwealth Superannuation Corporation investigating privacy breach after financial documents sent to ABC producer | ABC News (Australia)

by Steven Kirby | Oct 2, 2019 | ABC News (Australia), Australia, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2019, Banking and Finance, Data Handling, Email, Federal Government, Insider Threat | 0 |

Australian Unintended Disclosure Incident 02 October 2019: Commonwealth Superannuation Corporation investigating privacy breach after financial documents sent to ABC producer.

NZ Incident: Data breach after lax New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA) security | Stuff.co.nz

by Steven Kirby | Sep 9, 2019 | API Security, Configuration, Data Breach, 🥝 New Zealand, 🥝 NZ Incidents, Federal Government, Stuff.co.nz | 0 |

Privacy Breach 09 September 2019: The NZ Transport Agency admits to a technology botch up leaving what was meant to be a highly secure data key wide open.

Incident: Australian Attorney-General Christian Porter’s office in privacy breach over draft religious discrimination bill email | The Australian

by Steven Kirby | Sep 3, 2019 | Australia, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2019, Data Breach, Data Handling, Email, Federal Government, Privacy Breach, The Australian, Unintended Disclosure Incident | 0 |

September 03 2019 Australian Privacy Breach: Australian Attorney-General Christian Porter’s office in privacy breach over draft religious discrimination bill email.

NZ Incident: ‘Coding error’ compromises passports, driver licences in Ministry of Culture and Heritage data breach | Stuff.co.nz

by Steven Kirby | Aug 25, 2019 | 🥝 New Zealand, 🥝 NZ Incidents, Federal Government, OSWAP Top Ten, Privacy Breach, Stuff.co.nz, Website Compromise | 0 |

Privacy Breach 25 August 2019: New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage revealed on Sunday more than 300 people had had their personal documents compromised following a “coding error” on a ministry-commissioned website.

Incident: 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...

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Category: Federal Government

Incident: Double blow: new data breach hits stranded Australians as Emirates suspends flights out of UK | The Guardian

Incident: DFAT Stranded Aussies’ identities exposed again | The Canberra Times

Incident: DFAT admits email addresses of almost 3,000 Australians stranded overseas released in breach | The Guardian

NZ Incident: RC plane and drone users’ details leaked by CAA New Zealand | xjet

Audit: ANAO finds Services Australia lacking in cyber and cost aspects of WPIT | ZDNet

Audit: Fed agencies cop mass fail in core systems cyber review | iTnews

Incident: Federal court data breach sees names of protection visa applicants made public | ABC News (Australia)

Incident: Updated Citrix Bug – Fears private details of Australian Defence Force members compromised in database hack | ABC News (Australia)

Incident: Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s office accidentally leaks talking points for MPs to journalists | ABC News (Australia)

Incident: Commonwealth Superannuation Corporation investigating privacy breach after financial documents sent to ABC producer | ABC News (Australia)

NZ Incident: Data breach after lax New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA) security | Stuff.co.nz

Incident: Australian Attorney-General Christian Porter’s office in privacy breach over draft religious discrimination bill email | The Australian

NZ Incident: ‘Coding error’ compromises passports, driver licences in Ministry of Culture and Heritage data breach | Stuff.co.nz

Incident: Govt IT contractor charged over cryptocurrency mining – Security | iTnews

Incident: ACCC blames premature TPG merger rejection reveal on unpatched CMS | iTnews

Incident: Australian Defence Force investigating a potential data breach | 7 NEWS Australia

Incident: Australian cyber lead impersonated in remote access scam | iTnews

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