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Incident: NSW Government QR Code data leak exposes over 500,000 sensitive locations | Daily Mail Australia

by Steven Kirby | Feb 15, 2022 | 08.02.03 Handling of assets, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2022, Confidentiality, Daily Mail Australia, Data Breach, Privacy Breach, State Government, Unintended Disclosure Incident | 0 |

Australian Government Privacy Breach February 2022: NSW Government QR Code data leak exposes over 500,000 sensitive locations. Address’s included Defence sites, bombing ranges and domestic violence shelters.

Incident: Australian Attorney-General Christian Porter’s office in privacy breach over draft religious discrimination bill email | The Australian

by Steven Kirby | Sep 3, 2019 | Australia, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2019, Data Breach, Data Handling, Email, Federal Government, Privacy Breach, The Australian, Unintended Disclosure Incident | 0 |

September 03 2019 Australian Privacy Breach: Australian Attorney-General Christian Porter’s office in privacy breach over draft religious discrimination bill email.

Incident: ACCC blames premature TPG merger rejection reveal on unpatched CMS | iTnews

by Steven Kirby | May 16, 2019 | Australia, Australian InfoSec Incident, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2017, Data Handling, Federal Government, Government Agency, iTnews, Patch Management, Unintended Disclosure Incident | 0 |

Australian Information Security Incident Reported: May 16 2019 The Australian Competition and...

Incident: ‘Human error’: News Corp salaries, redundancy entitlements emailed to staff | SMH

by Steven Kirby | Nov 28, 2018 | Australia, Australian InfoSec Incident, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2018, Data Handling, Email, News Film and Media, SMH - The Sydney Morning Herald, Unintended Disclosure Incident | 0 |

Australian Information Security Incident Reported: November 28 2018 Sensitive personal details...

Incident: Cosmetic surgery online mistake allows public viewing of women’s photos, private details | Daily Telegraph

by Steven Kirby | Jun 3, 2017 | Australian InfoSec Incident, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2017, Medical and Health Care, New South Wales, The Daily Telegraph, Unintended Disclosure Incident, Website | 0 |

Australian Information Security Incident Reported: June 3 2017 A SCANDAL-PLAGUED Sydney cosmetic...

Incident: Comcare hit with $23k privacy fine over FOI bungle | iTnews

by Steven Kirby | Mar 30, 2017 | Australia, Australian InfoSec Incident, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2017, Data Breach, Federal Government, iTnews, Medical and Health Care, Privacy, Privacy Breach, Unintended Disclosure Incident | 0 |

Australian Information Security Incident Reported: March 30 2017 Government workplace compensation...

Incident: Australian Federal Police accidentally gave victim’s details to alleged attacker | The Guardian

by Steven Kirby | Jan 19, 2016 | Australia, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2016, Data Handling, Privacy Breach, The Guardian, Unintended Disclosure Incident | 0 |

Jan 19, 2016. The Australian federal police accidentally revealed the personal details of an assault victim to the alleged perpetrator, risking the safety of the complainant and his family, according to an AFP risk assessment.

Incident: NSW Medical Council finds out PDF redaction is hard, the hard way | The Register

by Steven Kirby | Jan 17, 2016 | Australia, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2016, Data Handling, Information Redaction, Medical and Health Care, New South Wales, The Register, Unintended Disclosure Incident, User Error | 0 |

Jan 17, 2016. Australian public sector agencies have a persistent problem trying to redact PDFs: this time, the guilty party is the Medical Council of NSW.

Incident: A Canberra psychology clinic accidentally reveals clients’ personal details in email | The Canberra Times

by Steven Kirby | Jan 15, 2016 | Australia, Australian Capital Territory, Australian InfoSec Incident, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2016, Data Handling, Email, Medical and Health Care, Privacy, Privacy Breach, The Canberra Times, Unintended Disclosure Incident, User Error | 0 |

Jan 15, 2016. A Canberra psychology clinic has apologised after it accidentally shared personal details of hundreds of patients in a group email.

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Category: Unintended Disclosure Incident

Incident: NSW Government QR Code data leak exposes over 500,000 sensitive locations | Daily Mail Australia

Incident: Australian Attorney-General Christian Porter’s office in privacy breach over draft religious discrimination bill email | The Australian

Incident: ACCC blames premature TPG merger rejection reveal on unpatched CMS | iTnews

Incident: ‘Human error’: News Corp salaries, redundancy entitlements emailed to staff | SMH

Incident: Cosmetic surgery online mistake allows public viewing of women’s photos, private details | Daily Telegraph

Incident: Comcare hit with $23k privacy fine over FOI bungle | iTnews

Incident: Australian Federal Police accidentally gave victim’s details to alleged attacker | The Guardian

Incident: NSW Medical Council finds out PDF redaction is hard, the hard way | The Register

Incident: A Canberra psychology clinic accidentally reveals clients’ personal details in email | The Canberra Times

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