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Audit: Queensland Audit Office Education 2021 Report finds “all need to strengthen their security”
Australian Audit Report June 2022: Queensland Audit Office Education 2021 Report finds “all need to strengthen their security”. Deficiencies identified with user and privilege access management, audit log and user activity monitoring.
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Incident: NSW digital driver’s licences ‘easily forgeable’ | iTnews
Australian Cyber Security Failure May 2022: NSW digital driver’s licences ‘easily forgeable’. Underage people allegedly go drinking with fake IDs.
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Incident: TfNSW hit by second cyber attack in less than 18 months | iTnews
Australian Privacy Breach May 2022: Transport for NSW hit by second cyber attack in less than 18 months. An online application used by vehicle examiners to conduct roadworthiness inspections in NSW has been struck by a cyber attack.
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Incident: NSW Government QR Code data leak exposes over 500,000 sensitive locations | Daily Mail Australia
Australian Government Privacy Breach February 2022: NSW Government QR Code data leak exposes over 500,000 sensitive locations. Address’s included Defence sites, bombing ranges and domestic violence shelters.
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Incident: Charges over Victoria Police data breach | 7News
Australian Insider Threat December 2021: Charges over Victoria Police data breach. Accessing police information, disclosing police information, and intentionally communicating protected information.
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Incident: NSW government casual recruiter suffers ransomware hit | ZDNet
Australian Ransomware Incident December 2021: NSW government casual recruiter Finite Recruitment suffers Conti ransomware hit. Attackers claimed to have stolen more than 300GB of financial and personal data.
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Incident: Cyber criminals force shutdown of NSW budgeting system | Australian Financial Review (AFR)
Australian Cyber Security Incident December 2021: Cyber criminals force shutdown of New South Wales’ Prime/Oracle based budgeting system. The problem is part of a worldwide vulnerability identified in Log4j.
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Incident: Personal details of up to 80,000 SA government employees accessed in cyber attack | ABC News (Australia)
Australian State Government Ransomware Attack December 2021: Up to 80000 South Australian Government employee data stolen in Frontier Software ransomware attack. Data accessed include names, dates of birth, tax file numbers, addresses, bank account details and pay details (remuneration, tax withheld, superannuation contributions).
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Incident: NSW iVote fails during local council elections | ZDNet
Australian Voting Outage December 2021: New South Wales’ iVote online voting system failed on Saturday during the state’s local government elections. Update: NSWEC finds iVote system failure may have impacted three local election outcomes.
Read MoreAudit: Queensland Audit Office (QAO) Water 2021 Report finds one breach and significant control weaknesses | ABC News (Australia)
Australian Utility Audit Report November 2021: Queensland Audit Office (QAO) Water 2021 Report finds one breach and significant control weaknesses in the security of information systems. Sunwater has acknowledge it was the organisation reported breached in the report.
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Incident: Queensland water supplier Sunwater targeted by hackers in months-long undetected cyber security breach | ABC News (Australia)
Australian Water Utility Hacked November 2021: Queensland water supplier Sunwater targeted by hackers in months-long undetected cyber security breach. A Queensland Audit Office report found “threat actors” had targeted an older, more vulnerable version of the system.
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Incident: SA Ambulance Service patients’ personal information stolen from consultancy firm | ABC News (Australia)
Australian Health Services Privacy Breach November 2021: South Australia Ambulance Service patients’ personal information stolen from consultancy firm. The personal details of 28,000 patients have been lost on a stolen a storage device.
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Audit: None of NSW’s lead cluster agencies have implemented all Essential Eight controls | ZDNet
Australian Audit Failure November 2021: None of New South Wales lead cluster agencies have implemented all Essential Eight controls – Premier and Cabinet, Communities and Justice, Customer Service, Education, Planning, Regional NSW, Health, Treasury, and Transport.
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Incident: NSW Education department hit by cyber attack | iTnews
Australian Education Cyber Attack July 2021: NSW Education department hit by cyber attack just days before school term resumes. The attack had forced it to deactivate “a number of internal systems as a precaution.
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Incident: Service NSW worker corrupt: ICAC | AAP
Australia Data Insider Access Incident May 2021: A Service NSW worker could face criminal charges involving accessing a restricted database. ICAC said, the agency had “misplaced confidence” in the effectiveness of its controls.
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Incident: SA hospital staff put on alert after computer glitch adds digit to medication dosages | ABC News (Australia)
Australia Medical System Incident May 2021: SA hospital staff put on alert after computer glitch adds digit to medication dosages. SA Health says it’s not aware of any “adverse clinical outcomes”
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Incident: Melbourne’s Eastern Health hit by suspected cyber attack | iTnews
Australian Hospital Cyber Attack March 2021: Melbourne’s Eastern Health hit by suspected cyber attack. Many systems still offline which includes the Box Hill and Maroondah Hospitals.
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Incident: Ex-worker who was investigated over child sex offences accessed sensitive data 260 times in major breach | ABC News (Australia)
Australian Privacy Breach March 2021: Ex-worker who was investigated over child sex offences accessed sensitive data 260 times including after leaving the job. Child welfare advocates say unauthorised data access puts children at risk.
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Incident: Queensland Police Service apologises to gun owners over mass data breach in Moreton region | ABC News (Australia)
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.
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Incident: Ransomware attack forces three-week shutdown of NT Government IT system | ABC News (Australia)
Australian Ransomware Attack January 2021: Ransomware attack forces three-week shutdown of NT Government Supplier’s IT system. Insists the integrity and confidentiality of government data was never compromised.
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