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Incident: City of Moreton Bay council launches investigation as private ratepayer information leaked online | ABC News Australia
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.
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Incident: Vic councils’ after-hours call answering service breached – iTnews
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.
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Audit: NSW’s local government audit found that 47% of councils did not have a cyber security plan | kirbyidau.com
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 IT policies and procedures were outdated or not in place at 43 councils.
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Incident: Isaacs Regional Council Cyber Attack Highlights Risks Local Governments Face | australiancybersecuritymagazine
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.
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Audit: Western Australia Auditor General’s Local Government Information Security Audit 2021-22 reports 324 control weaknesses
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.
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Audit: Victoria audit warns of weak IT controls in council systems | iTnews
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.
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Audit: West Australian Local Government Information Systems Audit Report “a significant area of concern”
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.
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Audit: WA councils fail to detect simulated cyber attack in audit | iTnews
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”.
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Audit: Dozens of NSW councils still without basic cyber security controls, audit finds | iTnews
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.
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Audit: 328 weaknesses found by WA Auditor-General in 50 local government systems | ZDNet
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.
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Incident: Melbourne council apologises for data breach | Government News (Australia)
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.
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Incident: Overseas hackers break into Mosman Council database. |The Daily Telegraph
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.
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Audit: NSW govt blasted for failing councils on cyber security | iTnews
Australian Audit Report October 2020: New South Wales government blasted for failing councils on cyber security. Audit “complete lack” of support for IT security.
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Incident: Thousands of personal and work email addresses leaked in major myDarwin data breach | NT News
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.
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Incident: Cyber-security fears takes Geelong Council website offline | Bay 93.9 Geelong
Australian Information Cybersecurity Incident May 2020: Geelong Council has taken the Geelong Australia website offline on Wednesday afternoon following a cyber-security incident.
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Incident: Suspected Ryuk ransomware attack locks down Adelaide’s City of Onkaparinga council | ABC News (Australia)
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.
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Incident: Redland City councillor Tracey Huges ‘deeply sorry’ over mistake in attaching spreadsheet to New Year’s Eve invitation | Redland City Bulletin
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
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Incident: Hack spam sent via Australian hazard alert service | iTnews
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.
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Incident: City of Ballarat privacy nightmare: resident details posted online | The Courier
Australian Information Security Incident Reported: February 21 2018 The personal details appeared...
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Incident: Queensland and Australian govt sites hijacked by crypto coin miner | iTnews
Australian Information Security Incident Reported: February 12 2018 The Queensland...
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