Australian Privacy Breach April 2020: Email bungle at Australian Traffic Network seeking jobkeeper payments exposes staff’s personal details. Names, addresses and birth dates of more than 100 people shared in privacy breach
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Australian Ransomware Attack March 2020: Australian freight forwarding and logistics firm Henning Harders has been hit by Windows ransomware, with the company saying that customer data may have been accessed
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Australian Privacy Breach February 2020: Yarra Trams data breach, 91 commuters’ email addresses exposed by careless email
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Australian Transport Malware Attack February 2020: Toll Group shuts IT systems after ‘cyber security incident’. Ransomware is believed to have infected as many as 1000 servers, including Active Directory
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Australian Cyber Stalking November 2019: Hobart man pleads guilty to stalking and controlling ex-girlfriend’s car with his computer. He downloaded and set up an online application that gave him control over the stop and start function of his ex-lover’s car and allowed him to track her movements.
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August 15 2019 Privacy Breach: Just a few taps on and off, and a couple of tweets — that’s all it would take for a hacker or stalker to identify you and track down your movements with a myki.
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NZ Cyber Incident August 09 2019: Air New Zealand is telling Airpoints members some of their personal information has been caught in a phishing scam.
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A malicious cyber attack at Geelong Port has potentially exposed sensitive details of hundreds of customers, including driver’s licence numbers, that could be used to set up illegitimate bank accounts
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Mar 5, 2019 NZ Incident: NZ Transport Agency’s cyber security under scrutiny after 82 data breaches.
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Mar 5, 2019 NZ Incident: NZ Transport Agency’s cyber security under scrutiny after 82 data breaches.
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Australian Information Security Incident Reported: July 12 2018 A company that issues Aviation...
Read MoreZ has admitted a major security fault that potentially allowed access to business accounts and personal details. The problem hit the company’s Z Card Online system, which allows people to manage fuel accounts, mostly for...
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Australian Email Privacy Breach September 2020: Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron to be questioned by Office of Australian Information Commissioner after an email data breach leaking the personal details of 617 members, including millionaire business owners, doctors and barristers.
Australian Government Privacy Breach September 2020: Data breach exposes tens of thousands of NSW driver’s licences online. The documents feature scans of licences which reveal information such as names and addresses.
Australian Audit Report June 2020: ACT Government agencies don't understand data security and put privacy at risk, auditor-general says. Agencies lacking understanding, awareness.
Australian Malware Attack June 2020: Windows ransomware has now hit much closer to home, with cyber criminals using the REvil ransomware to attack the Melbourne-based contract formulation and packing company Chem Pack
Australian Privacy Exposure September 2020: Misconfigured UTAS SharePoint site exposed 20,000 students' details. Security settings allowed broad access to files.
Australian Ransomware Attack April 2020: MyBudget blames ransomware hack for system outage affecting thousands of customers, was likely compromised as it quickly moved its employees onto work-from-home arrangements amid coronavirus.
Australian Medical Privacy Breach July 2020: 'Unforgivable': Privacy breach exposed sensitive details of WA's virus fight on a public website. The breach also impacted St John Ambulance, the Department of Fire and Emergency Services and the Department of Justice. The leak was traced back to Vodafone pager service.
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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