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Australian Privacy Incident December 2022: Victoria Police allegedly use LEAP database to pursue, stalk, and harass women prompting calls for an inquiry. In the past five years, there have been complaints against 178 police for misusing LEAP.
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Australian Unauthorised Access Incident June 2021: Western Australia – Kimberley – Kununurra Department of Education worker charged with illegally accessing confidential information. Charged after his office was raided by WA police last month
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Australian Insider Unauthorised Access September 2020: Government contractor accessed private data over ‘grudge’
using access to job seeker records to illegally access the Commonwealth data of four people.
Australian Offboarding Fail August 2020: Sydney Tools sues competitor Total Tools over alleged email hacking. Confirmed it is suing competitor Total Tools over an alleged email hacking.
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August 09 2019: A senior WA police officer of 22 years’ standing who unlawfully accessed a restricted computer system in an attempt to protect his partner’s illegitimate massage business has walked free from court after being sentenced.
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July 04 2019 MYOB in payslip privacy bungle. 220 individual payment summaries went to the incorrect person.
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Insider Threat 2nd July 2019 – A Queensland Police Officer has now stood down from official duty with the force pending an investigation into allegations of unauthorised access to confidential information.
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April 15 2019 Security Incident: A popular Australian smartwatch’s tracking capabilities expose its user’s locations, personal data and more.
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A former AMP contractor has pleaded guilty over illegally accessing personal details of customers in Sydney, including drivers’ licences and passports.
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The 33-year-old has been charged with “Computer Hacking and Misuse” after allegedly accessing the Queensland Police Service computer systems and information inappropriately.
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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.
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Australian Information Security Incident Reported: December 19 2018 Queensland’s corruption...
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Australian Information Security Incident Reported: December 05 2018 A 38-year-old Brisbane police...
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Australian Information Security Incident Reported: October 26 2018 A 23-year-old woman has been...
Read MoreThe Commonwealth Bank has been accused of giving falsified evidence to the Privacy Commissioner over a contractor’s repeated unlawful accessing of a customer’s account. Source: Commonwealth Bank accused of misleading...
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Australian Information Security Incident Reported: September 27 2017 The Green Building Council of...
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Australian Information Security Incident Reported: September 8 2017 An Australian military staffer...
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Australian Information Security Incident Reported: July 25 2017 A regional Queensland police...
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Australian Information Security Incident Reported: June 28 2017 The Queensland Crime and...
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Australian Information Security Incident Reported: May 29 2017 A Victorian high school student...
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Scammers observed impersonating Aussie toll operator Linkt and the New Zealand Police and Ministry of Justice. • Wed, 29 Apr 2026 • … [...]
A cyber attack impacting a New Zealand city council has compromised the data of hundreds of people. • Wed, 29 Apr 2026 • Security *]:clear-none … [...]
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Australian banks, power providers and infrastructure firms do not have access to test their systems against a powerful new AI cybersecurity risk, Anthropic's Mythos. Anthropic has claimed Claude Mythos is [...]
A newly published Australian Army Research Centre paper has highlighted the need for Australia to establish an Australian national cyber reserve … [...]
Australian investment firm Generation Life says there is no evidence of any unauthorised transaction, but is investigating a potential data breach. • … [...]
A determination issued today by the Privacy Commissioner finds that the 2Apply rental technology platform, operated by InspectRealEstate (IRE), … [...]
In brief Coordinated cyber-attacks formed an integral part of the lead-up to and the opening phase of the 2026 Iran war, operating in tandem with … [...]
