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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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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Facial recognition trial sparks privacy debate | 7NEWS

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SA Health staff investigated after AFL icon records breach | 7NEWS

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Australia will face a rogue AI attack, the question is when, says cyber expert | The Business

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Exclusive: Victorian heritage and restoration firm listed by The Gentlemen ransomware group

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Exclusive: Aussie unmanned systems firm CubePilot boss warns of ‘security incident’

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Exclusive: Australian mining firm West African Resources suffers alleged data breach

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