by Steven Kirby | May 19, 2019 | Australian Audit Report 2019, iTnews, State Government, Western Australia
Australian Information Security Audit Report May 19 2019
Police staff resort to spreadsheets.
Reported in: iTnews
Western Australiaās firearms database has been roundly criticised by the stateās auditor for containing significant data integrity issues that impede the regulation of guns in the community.
The Firearm Controls Audit Report [pdf], released by auditor-general Caroline Spencer on Wednesday, reveals ācontrol and functionality weaknessesā with the stateās licensing and registry (L&R) information system.
by Steven Kirby | Feb 1, 2019 | ABC News (Australia), Australian InfoSec Incident, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2019, Insider Threat, Online Dating, Police and Law Enforcement, Privacy Breach, State Government, Western Australia
A former long-serving police officer has been jailed for six months for illegally accessing the personal details of almost 100 women to determine if they were “suitable” dates.
A 28-year veteran of WA Police and was nominated as police officer of the year in 2011.
The former senior constable pleaded guilty to 180 charges of using a secure police database to access the information of 92 women he had met, or interacted with, on dating websites including Tinder and Plenty of Fish.
Source: Officer used police computer network to stalk dozens of potential Tinder dates
by Steven Kirby | Jan 22, 2019 | Australian InfoSec Incident, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2019, Data Handling, Insider Threat, Law & Legal, New South Wales, Police and Law Enforcement, Privacy, Privacy Breach, SMH - The Sydney Morning Herald, Social Media, State Government
A former Sydney police officer is facing up to a year in jail after he took intimate images from an arrested woman’s phone and sent them to fellow officers on Facebook.
The woman was taken back to the station and to police cells.
At the time of her arrest, the woman’s phone was seized and it was examined using police investigative software.
Albee examined the photos at the police station then uploaded two to a Facebook group chat with four other serving police officers, which they used to chat while off-duty.
Source: NSW Policeman sent intimate photos from arrested woman’s phone to other officers via Facebook | SMH
by Steven Kirby | Jan 14, 2019 | Australian InfoSec Incident, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2019, Configuration, Government Agency, iTnews, Queensland, State Government
Fisheries Queensland has blamed a software bug introduced via an update for an incident that left users of its Fishnet Secure portal exposed over the break.
The Courier Mail first reported the incident on Wednesday this week, revealing that āfishermen attempting to log in discovered they could get in to any account on the supposedly protected portal without a password.”
FishNet Secure allows holders of Queensland fishing permits, licences and quotas to manage them online.
Source: Fisheries Qld blames bad update for password ‘fault’
by Steven Kirby | Jan 11, 2019 | Australian InfoSec Incident, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2019, Hacked, Insider Threat, iTnews, Police and Law Enforcement, Queensland, State Government, Unauthorised Access
A Queensland police officer has been charged with computer hacking offences for allegedly using the stateās policing systems without appropriate clearance.
TheĀ 33-year-old has been charged with āComputer Hacking and Misuseā after allegedly accessing the Queensland Police Service computer systems and information inappropriately.
Source: Yet another Qld cop charged with hacking
by Steven Kirby | Jan 7, 2019 | Australian InfoSec Incident, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2019, Hacked, iTnews, New South Wales, Password, State Government, Telcommunications and Internet Service Provider, Unauthorised Access
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.
Users reported receiving a spam text message on Saturday that read, āEWN has been hacked. Your personal data is not safe. Trying to fix the security issuesā.
Source: Hack spam sent via Australian hazard alert service
