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Incident: Victoria Police allegedly use LEAP database to pursue, stalk, harass women prompting calls for inquiry | ABC News Australia

by Steven Kirby | Dec 15, 2022 | ABC News (Australia), Australian InfoSec Incidents 2022, Confidentiality, Insider Threat, Police and Law Enforcement, Privacy Breach, State Government, Unauthorised Access, Victoria | 0 |

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.

Incident: Kununurra Department of Education worker charged with illegally accessing confidential information | The West Australian

by Steven Kirby | Jun 11, 2021 | Australian InfoSec Incidents 2021, Confidentiality, Education and Training, Insider Threat, Privacy Breach, The West Australian, Unauthorised Access, Western Australia | 0 |

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

Incident: Government contractor accessed private data over ‘grudge’

by Steven Kirby | Sep 14, 2020 | 09 Access Control, Australia, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2020, Confidentiality, Insider Threat, Privacy, Public Sector, Unauthorised Access | 0 |

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.

Incident: Sydney Tools sues competitor Total Tools over alleged email hacking | SmartCompany

by Steven Kirby | Aug 21, 2020 | 09 Access Control, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2020, Confidentiality, Email, Insider Threat, New South Wales, Retail, SmartCompany, Unauthorised Access | 0 |

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.

Incident: WA Officer David Snowball illegally accessed police computer to protect partner’s massage business | ABC News (Australia)

by Steven Kirby | Aug 9, 2019 | ABC News (Australia), Australian InfoSec Incidents 2019, Insider Threat, Police and Law Enforcement, Policing and Law Enforcement, Privacy Breach, Unauthorised Access, Western Australia | 0 |

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.

Incident: MYOB in payslip privacy bungle | iTnews

by Steven Kirby | Jul 4, 2019 | Australia, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2019, Data Handling, Insider Threat, iTWire, Privacy Breach, Services, Unauthorised Access | 0 |

July 04 2019 MYOB in payslip privacy bungle. 220 individual payment summaries went to the incorrect person.

Incident: Police officer facing computer hacking charges | ARN

by Steven Kirby | Jul 2, 2019 | ARN from IDG, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2019, Data Breach, Hacked, Insider Threat, Law & Legal, Police and Law Enforcement, Queensland, Unauthorised Access | 0 |

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.

Incident: Australian TicTocTrack Smartwatch Flaws Can Be Abused to Track Kids | ThreatPost

by Steven Kirby | Apr 15, 2019 | Australia, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2019, Data Handling, In the Press, Insider Threat, Privacy Breach, Services, Unauthorised Access | 0 |

April 15 2019 Security Incident: A popular Australian smartwatch’s tracking capabilities expose its user’s locations, personal data and more.

Incident: Chinese national charged with downloading AMP customers’ personal documents | ABC News Australia

by Steven Kirby | Feb 7, 2019 | ABC News (Australia), Australian InfoSec Incident, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2019, Banking and Finance, Data Breach, Insider Threat, New South Wales, Privacy Breach, Unauthorised Access | 0 |

A former AMP contractor has pleaded guilty over illegally accessing personal details of customers in Sydney, including drivers’ licences and passports.

Incident: Yet another Qld cop charged with hacking, One of four to face charges since December | iTnews

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 | 0 |

The 33-year-old has been charged with “Computer Hacking and Misuse” after allegedly accessing the Queensland Police Service computer systems and information inappropriately.

Incident: Hack spam sent via Australian hazard alert service | iTnews

by Steven Kirby | Jan 7, 2019 | Australian InfoSec Incident, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2019, Hacked, iTnews, Local Government, New South Wales, Password, State Government, Telcommunications and Internet Service Provider, Unauthorised Access | 0 |

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.

Audit: Queensland’s offender IT system used to extort prisoners | iTnews

by Steven Kirby | Dec 19, 2018 | Australian Audit Report 2018, Data Handling, Insider Threat, iTnews, Police and Law Enforcement, Privacy Breach, Queensland, State Government, Unauthorised Access | 0 |

Australian Information Security Incident Reported: December 19 2018 Queensland’s corruption...

Incident: Qld undercover cop stood down over “Computer Hacking” claims | iTnews

by Steven Kirby | Dec 5, 2018 | Australian InfoSec Incident, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2018, Data Breach, Insider Threat, iTnews, Police and Law Enforcement, Privacy Breach, Queensland, State Government, Unauthorised Access | 0 |

Australian Information Security Incident Reported: December 05 2018 A 38-year-old Brisbane police...

Incident: A Sydney woman who hacked an email account to steal $450,000 in cryptocurrency has been caught after a 9-month investigation | MSN Australia

by Steven Kirby | Oct 26, 2018 | Australian InfoSec Incident, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2018, Cryptocurrency - Bitcoin, Cyber Fraud, CyberCrime, Email, MSN Australia, New South Wales, Unauthorised Access | 0 |

Australian Information Security Incident Reported: October 26 2018 A 23-year-old woman has been...

Commonwealth Bank accused of misleading Privacy Commissioner | ABC News (Australia)

by Steven Kirby | Dec 29, 2017 | ABC News (Australia), Australia, Banking and Finance, Cybersecurity, Data Handling, Insider Threat, Privacy, Privacy Breach, Unauthorised Access | 0 |

The 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...

Incident: Green Building Council of Australia GBCA confirms database breach | Climate Control News

by Steven Kirby | Sep 27, 2017 | Australia, Australian InfoSec Incident, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2017, Data Breach, Federal Government, Hacked, In the Press, Privacy, Privacy Breach, Unauthorised Access | 0 |

Australian Information Security Incident Reported: September 27 2017 The Green Building Council of...

Incident: Australian military IT technician breached two classified networks while deployed in Middle East | The Age

by Steven Kirby | Sep 8, 2017 | 09.02.03 Management of privileged access rights, Australia, Australian InfoSec Incident, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2017, Defence and Military, Incident Management, Insider Threat, Password Management, Privacy Breach, The Age, Unauthorised Access | 0 |

Australian Information Security Incident Reported: September 8 2017 An Australian military staffer...

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