Incident: City of Moreton Bay council launches investigation as private ratepayer information leaked online | ABC News Australia

by Steven Kirby | Jun 11, 2024 | ABC News (Australia), Australian InfoSec Incidents 2024, Confidentiality, Data Handling, Local Government, Queensland | 0 |

Australian Council Privacy Breach, 11 June 2024: City of Moreton Bay council launches investigation as private ratepayer information leaked online. Private ratepayer information and complaints has been accidentally published on Moreton Bay City Council’s website.

Incident: Vic councils’ after-hours call answering service breached – iTnews

by Steven Kirby | Apr 22, 2024 | Australia, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2024, Confidentiality, iTnews, Local Government, Managed Services Provider, Ransomware | 0 |

Australian Councils Ransomware Attack, 22 April 2024: Victorian councils’ OracleCMS after-hours call answering service breached. Provider, OracleCMS hacked by Lockbit with around 50 clients’ data compromised.

Audit: NSW’s local government audit found that 47% of councils did not have a cyber security plan | kirbyidau.com

by Steven Kirby | Jul 13, 2023 | A05.35 Independent review of information security, Australian Audit Report 2023, Compliance, Local Government, New South Wales | 0 |

Australian Audit Failure June 13 2023: NSW’s local government audit found that 47% of councils did not have a cyber security plan. IT policies and procedures were outdated or not in place at 43 councils.

Incident: Isaacs Regional Council Cyber Attack Highlights Risks Local Governments Face | australiancybersecuritymagazine

by Steven Kirby | Apr 4, 2023 | Australian InfoSec Incidents 2023, Availability, Confidentiality, In the Press, Integrity, Local Government, Queensland | 0 |

Australian Local Government Ransomware Attack, 04 April 2023: Isaacs Regional Council Ransomware Attack Highlights Risks Local Governments Face. It is unknown at this stage what information has been accessed.

Audit: Western Australia Auditor General’s Local Government Information Security Audit 2021-22 reports 324 control weaknesses

by Steven Kirby | Mar 29, 2023 | A05.35 Independent review of information security, Australian Audit Report 2023, Availability, Compliance, Confidentiality, Integrity, Local Government, State Government, Western Australia | 0 |

West Australian Councils Audit Report 29 March 2023: Western Australia Auditor General’s Local Government Information Security Audit 2021-22 reports 324 control weaknesses. Cyber security concerns as council’s network rack found in staff toilet.

Audit: Victoria audit warns of weak IT controls in council systems | iTnews

by Steven Kirby | Feb 27, 2023 | A05.35 Independent review of information security, Australian Audit Report 2023, Availability, Compliance, Confidentiality, Integrity, iTnews, Local Government, State Government, Victoria | 0 |

Victorian Local Government Audit Report 27 February 2023: Victoria audit reports a significant rise in IT control weaknesses in council systems. Calls for Essential Eight adoption.

Audit: West Australian Local Government Information Systems Audit Report “a significant area of concern”

by Steven Kirby | Jun 22, 2022 | A05.35 Independent review of information security, Australian Audit Report 2022, Availability, Compliance, Confidentiality, Integrity, kirbyIDau News, Local Government, Western Australia | 0 |

Australian Audit Report June 2022: West Australian Local Government Information Systems Audit Report “a significant area of concern”. None of the 12 entities where we performed capability maturity assessments met benchmark.

Audit: WA councils fail to detect simulated cyber attack in audit | iTnews

by Steven Kirby | Nov 25, 2021 | A05.35 Independent review of information security, Australian Audit Report 2021, Availability, Compliance, Confidentiality, Integrity, Local Government, Western Australia | 0 |

West Australia Council Audit Report November 2021. WA councils fail to detect simulated cyber attack in audit. Only three out of 15 entities did so in a “timely manner”.

Audit: Dozens of NSW councils still without basic cyber security controls, audit finds | iTnews

by Steven Kirby | May 28, 2021 | Australian Audit Report 2021, Availability, Compliance, Confidentiality, Integrity, iTnews, Local Government, New South Wales | 0 |

Australian Audit Fail May 2021<: Dozens of NSW councils still without basic cyber security controls, audit finds. Poor management of cyber security at 58 of the state’s 128 local councils, nine county councils and 13 joint organisations.

Audit: 328 weaknesses found by WA Auditor-General in 50 local government systems | ZDNet

by Steven Kirby | May 12, 2021 | Australian Audit Report 2021, Availability, Compliance, Confidentiality, Integrity, Internet of Things (IoT), Local Government, Western Australia | 0 |

Western Australian Audit Report November 2020. WA registry system flaws force auditor to delay findings by 18 months. ‘Highly unusual step’ taken to protect foundational system.

Incident: Melbourne council apologises for data breach | Government News (Australia)

by Steven Kirby | Oct 28, 2020 | Australian InfoSec Incidents 2020, Confidentiality, Control of operational software, Government News (Australia), Local Government, Privacy Breach, Victoria, Website | 0 |

Australian Privacy Breach October 2020: City of Port Phillip Council has apologised for accidentally sharing personal information identifying people who reported graffiti on a public government website. The data is open to the public so council is unable to say who has accessed it.

Incident: Overseas hackers break into Mosman Council database. |The Daily Telegraph

by Steven Kirby | Oct 20, 2020 | Australian InfoSec Incidents 2020, Confidentiality, Data Breach, Hacked, Human Resources, Local Government, New South Wales, Privacy, The Daily Telegraph | 0 |

Australian Database Hacked October 2020. Overseas hackers break into Sydney’s north shore Mosman Council salary database. A “small amount of money” was siphoned in the incident.

Audit: NSW govt blasted for failing councils on cyber security | iTnews

by Steven Kirby | Oct 9, 2020 | Australian Audit Report 2020, Compliance, iTnews, Local Government, New South Wales | 0 |

Australian Audit Report October 2020: New South Wales government blasted for failing councils on cyber security. Audit “complete lack” of support for IT security.

Incident: Thousands of personal and work email addresses leaked in major myDarwin data breach | NT News

by Steven Kirby | Jul 15, 2020 | Australian InfoSec Incidents 2020, Data Breach, Local Government, Northern Territory, NT News, Privacy Breach | 0 |

Australian Council Privacy Breach: July 15 2020. The email addresses of thousands of Territorians have been “accidentally” leaked by the City of Darwin ahead of the next round of the MyDarwin voucher scheme.

Incident: Cyber-security fears takes Geelong Council website offline | Bay 93.9 Geelong

by Steven Kirby | May 27, 2020 | Australian InfoSec Incidents 2020, Cybersecurity, In the Press, Local Government, Victoria | 0 |

Australian Information Cybersecurity Incident May 2020: Geelong Council has taken the Geelong Australia website offline on Wednesday afternoon following a cyber-security incident.

Incident: Suspected Ryuk ransomware attack locks down Adelaide’s City of Onkaparinga council | ABC News (Australia)

by Steven Kirby | Jan 6, 2020 | ABC News (Australia), Australian InfoSec Incidents 2020, Local Government, Ransomware, South Australia | 0 |

Australian Local Government Ransomware January 2020: Suspected Ryuk ransomware attack locks down Adelaide’s City of Onkaparinga council. Forced staff to start their holidays earlier than planned.

Incident: Redland City councillor Tracey Huges ‘deeply sorry’ over mistake in attaching spreadsheet to New Year’s Eve invitation | Redland City Bulletin

by Steven Kirby | Jan 3, 2020 | Australian InfoSec Incidents 2020, Data Handling, Email, In the Press, Local Government, Privacy Breach, Queensland | 0 |

Australian Privacy Breach January 2020: Redland City councillor Tracey Huges ‘deeply sorry’ over mistake in attaching spreadsheet to New Year’s Eve invitation, with the personal details of 297 residents, and their details of correspondence with council

Incident: Hack spam sent via Australian hazard alert service | iTnews

by Steven Kirby | Jan 7, 2019 | Australian InfoSec Incident, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2019, Hacked, iTnews, Local Government, New South Wales, Password, State Government, Telcommunications and Internet Service Provider, Unauthorised Access | 0 |

Early Warning Network, a NSW company providing weather, fire and other alerts to councils and others, had a login compromised and used by an unknown party to make threats about customer security.

Incident: City of Ballarat privacy nightmare: resident details posted online | The Courier

by Steven Kirby | Feb 21, 2018 | Australian InfoSec Incident, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2018, Data Breach, Data Handling, Local Government, Privacy Breach, The Courier, Victoria | 0 |

Australian Information Security Incident Reported: February 21 2018 The personal details appeared...

Incident: Queensland and Australian govt sites hijacked by crypto coin miner | iTnews

by Steven Kirby | Feb 12, 2018 | Australian InfoSec Incident, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2018, Cryptocurrency - Bitcoin, Federal Government, Government Agency, Hacked, iTnews, Local Government, Queensland, South Australia, State Government, Victoria, Website Compromise | 0 |

Australian Information Security Incident Reported: February 12 2018 The Queensland...

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