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Incident: Charges over Victoria Police data breach | 7News

by Steven Kirby | Dec 21, 2021 | 12.4 Logging and monitoring, 7 NEWS Australia, 7.1.2 Terms and conditions of employment, 7.2.2 Information security awareness, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2021, Insider Threat, Law & Legal, Policing and Law Enforcement, State Government, Victoria | 0 |

Australian Insider Threat December 2021: Charges over Victoria Police data breach. Accessing police information, disclosing police information, and intentionally communicating protected information.

Incident: NSW government casual recruiter suffers ransomware hit | ZDNet

by Steven Kirby | Dec 17, 2021 | 12.6 Technical vulnerability management, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2021, Availability, Confidentiality, New South Wales, Privacy Breach, SaaS - Software as a Service, Services, State Government, ZDNet | 0 |

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.

Incident: Cyber criminals force shutdown of NSW budgeting system | Australian Financial Review (AFR)

by Steven Kirby | Dec 16, 2021 | 12.6 Technical vulnerability management, Australian Financial Review (AFR), Australian InfoSec Incidents 2021, Availability, New South Wales, SaaS - Software as a Service, Services, State Government | 0 |

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.

Incident: Personal details of up to 80,000 SA government employees accessed in cyber attack | ABC News (Australia)

by Steven Kirby | Dec 10, 2021 | 12.2 Protection from Malware, ABC News (Australia), Australian InfoSec Incidents 2021, Confidentiality, Integrity, Privacy Breach, SaaS - Software as a Service, Services, South Australia, State Government, Utilities | 0 |

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).

Incident: NSW iVote fails during local council elections | ZDNet

by Steven Kirby | Dec 6, 2021 | 12.1.3 Capacity management, 17 Information security aspects of business continuity management, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2021, Availability, New South Wales, State Government, ZDNet | 0 |

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.

Audit: Queensland Audit Office (QAO) Water 2021 Report finds one breach and significant control weaknesses | ABC News (Australia)

by Steven Kirby | Nov 11, 2021 | ABC News (Australia), Australia, Australian Audit Report 2021, Availability, Compliance, Confidentiality, Integrity, Queensland, State Government, Utilities | 0 |

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.

Incident: Queensland water supplier Sunwater targeted by hackers in months-long undetected cyber security breach | ABC News (Australia)

by Steven Kirby | Nov 11, 2021 | 12.6 Technical vulnerability management, ABC News (Australia), Australian InfoSec Incidents 2021, Critical Infrastructure, Hacked, Integrity, Queensland, State Government, Utilities | 0 |

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.

Incident: SA Ambulance Service patients’ personal information stolen from consultancy firm | ABC News (Australia)

by Steven Kirby | Nov 10, 2021 | 8.3 Media Handling, ABC News (Australia), Australian InfoSec Incidents 2021, Confidentiality, Medical and Health Care, Privacy Breach, South Australia, State Government | 0 |

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.

Audit: None of NSW’s lead cluster agencies have implemented all Essential Eight controls | ZDNet

by Steven Kirby | Nov 1, 2021 | 18.2.1 Independent review of information security, ASD Essential Eight, Australian Audit Report 2021, Compliance, New South Wales, State Government, ZDNet | 0 |

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.

Incident: NSW Education department hit by cyber attack | iTnews

by Steven Kirby | Jul 8, 2021 | Australian InfoSec Incidents 2021, Availability, Education and Training, iTnews, New South Wales, State Government | 0 |

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.

Incident: Service NSW worker corrupt: ICAC | AAP

by Steven Kirby | May 11, 2021 | Access Control, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2021, Confidentiality, Government Agency, Insider Threat, Integrity, New South Wales, Privacy Breach, State Government, The Canberra Times | 0 |

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.

Incident: SA hospital staff put on alert after computer glitch adds digit to medication dosages | ABC News (Australia)

by Steven Kirby | May 7, 2021 | ABC News (Australia), Australian InfoSec Incidents 2021, Availability, Integrity, Medical and Health Care, South Australia, State Government | 0 |

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”

Incident: Melbourne’s Eastern Health hit by suspected cyber attack | iTnews

by Steven Kirby | Mar 18, 2021 | Australian InfoSec Incidents 2021, Availability, iTnews, Medical and Health Care, State Government, Victoria | 0 |

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.

Incident: Ex-worker who was investigated over child sex offences accessed sensitive data 260 times in major breach | ABC News (Australia)

by Steven Kirby | Mar 13, 2021 | ABC News (Australia), Access Control, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2021, Confidentiality, Privacy Breach, State Government, Victoria | 0 |

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.

Incident: Queensland Police Service apologises to gun owners over mass data breach in Moreton region | ABC News (Australia)

by Steven Kirby | Jan 14, 2021 | ABC News (Australia), Australian InfoSec Incidents 2021, Confidentiality, Data Breach, Email, Policing and Law Enforcement, Privacy Breach, Queensland, State Government | 0 |

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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