
Category: Utilities
Incident: EnergyAustralia portal compromised, details of 323 customers leaked | iTWire
by Steven Kirby | Oct 23, 2022 | Australia, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2022, Confidentiality, ISO 27k 5 Organisational Controls, ISO27k 5.17 Authentication information, iTWire, Password, Privacy Breach, Utilities | 0 |
Australian Energy Utility Incident October 2022. Electricity and gas retailer EnergyAustralia has disclosed a breach of its MyAccount platform. The company says affected 323 small business and residential customers and was automated through use of a password bot.
Read MoreIncident: Personal details of up to 80,000 SA government employees accessed in cyber attack | ABC News (Australia)
by Steven Kirby | Dec 10, 2021 | ABC News (Australia), Australian InfoSec Incidents 2021, Confidentiality, Integrity, ISO27k 8.7 Protection against malware, 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).
Read MoreIncident: Queensland’s CS Energy has its corporate systems infected by ransomware | iTnews
by Steven Kirby | Nov 30, 2021 | Australia, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2021, Availability, Integrity, ISO27k 8.7 Protection against malware, iTnews, Queensland, Utilities | 0 |
Australian Energy Provider Ransomware Attack November 2021. Queensland’s CS Energy has its corporate systems infected by ransomware. The incident has not impacted electricity generation.
Read MoreAudit: 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.
Read MoreIncident: Queensland water supplier Sunwater targeted by hackers in months-long undetected cyber security breach | ABC News (Australia)
by Steven Kirby | Nov 11, 2021 | 12.06 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.
Read MoreIncident: Kleenheat customer names and addresses exposed in system breach | ZDNet
by Steven Kirby | Oct 19, 2020 | Australian InfoSec Incidents 2020, Confidentiality, Data Breach, Privacy Breach, Utilities, Western Australia, ZDNet | 0 |
Australian Data Breach October 19 2020: WA energy retailer and supplier Kleenheat customer names and addresses exposed in system breach, believes the breach occurred in 2014 on a third-party system.
Read MoreIncident: Spotless hit by ransomware attack | iTnews
by Steven Kirby | Oct 12, 2020 | Australia, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2020, Availability, Defence and Military, Education and Training, Integrity, iTnews, iTWire, Medical and Health Care, New Zealand, Public Sector, Ransomware, Utilities | 0 |
Australian Ransomware Attack October 2020: Spotless Group, the Downer-owned facilities services provider, is the latest high-profile Australian company to fall victim to ransomware attackers. Confirms a ‘number’ of servers ‘accessed’.
Read MoreIncident: Over 500 ActewAGL/Icon Water utility customers’ bills uncollected after privacy breach | SMH
by Steven Kirby | Dec 20, 2018 | Australia, Australian InfoSec Incident, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2018, Data Breach, Privacy Breach, SMH - The Sydney Morning Herald, Utilities | 0 |
Australian Information Security Incident Reported: December 20 2018 ActewAGL has collected 91 per...
Read MoreNew sabotage laws for cyber attacks on Australia’s critical infrastructure | SMH
by Steven Kirby | Dec 23, 2017 | Australia, Critical Infrastructure, Cybersecurity, Federal Government, Legislation and Regulation, SMH - The Sydney Morning Herald, Utilities | 0 |
Foreign-backed saboteurs who plant sleeper bugs in critical infrastructure that could be mobilised to wreak havoc will face up to 15 years’ jail. Source: New sabotage laws for cyber attacks on Australia’s critical...
Read MoreNew laws will give Aussies access to their bank, telco, energy data |iTnews
by Steven Kirby | Nov 27, 2017 | Australia, Banking and Finance, Digital Rights, Federal Government, iTnews, Legislation and Regulation, Privacy, Telcommunications and Internet Service Provider, Utilities | 0 |
The federal government has promised to introduce a national ‘consumer data right’ into law allowing consumers open access to their banking, energy, and telco data next year. Source: New laws will give Aussies access...
Read MoreCyber security threat: Is Australia’s power grid safe from hackers? | SMH
by Steven Kirby | Nov 12, 2017 | Australia, Critical Infrastructure, Cybersecurity, SCADA and PCN, SMH - The Sydney Morning Herald, Utilities | 0 |
Cyber attacks have labelled the number one threat to power and utility companies worldwide, a new EY report has found. Source: Cyber security threat: Is Australia’s power grid safe from hackers?
Read MoreFake Telstra and EnergyAustralia email bills spread banking trojans | CSO
by Steven Kirby | Oct 24, 2017 | Australia, Banking and Finance, CSO from IDG, CyberCrime, Email Phishing, Malware, Scam, Telcommunications and Internet Service Provider, Utilities | 0 |
Don’t click “View my bill” if you receive these emails from Telstra or EnergyAustralia. Source: Fake Telstra and EnergyAustralia email bills spread banking trojans – CSO | The Resource for Data Security...
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