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Incident: Young Australian Rich Listers watch wealth plummet after hack, crypto sell-off | Australia Financial Review

by Steven Kirby | Feb 7, 2022 | 12.06.01 Management of technical vulnerabilities, Australian Financial Review (AFR), Australian InfoSec Incidents 2022, Banking and Finance, Confidentiality, Hacked, Integrity, Vulnerability | 0 |

Australian Cryptocurrency Hack February 2022: Young Australian Rich Listers watch wealth plummet after hack, crypto sell-off. While the Illuvium team secured the breach quickly and have begun repaying affected user.

Incident: Transport for NSW data stolen in Accellion breach | iTnews

by Steven Kirby | Feb 25, 2021 | Australia, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2021, Confidentiality, Data Breach, iTnews, New South Wales, Privacy, Transport and Logistics, Vulnerability | 0 |

Australian Transport Data Breach February 2021: Transport for NSW data stolen in Accellion breach. Some information had been exfiltrated from its systems before the attack was noticed and halted.

Incident: QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute caught up in Accellion breach | iTnews

by Steven Kirby | Feb 11, 2021 | Australia, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2021, Confidentiality, Data Breach, iTnews, Medical and Health Care, Privacy, Vulnerability | 0 |

Australian Clinical Data Breach February 2021. QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute caught up in Accellion breach with 620MB of the data appearing to have been accessed on 25 December

Incident: Allens victim of high-profile cyber attack | AFR

by Steven Kirby | Jan 22, 2021 | Australia, Australian Financial Review (AFR), Australian InfoSec Incidents 2021, Confidentiality, Law & Legal, Privacy Breach, Vulnerability | 0 |

Australian Legal Privacy Breach January 2021: Allens victim of high-profile cyber attack. Client data was compromised after a file-sharing system designed by California-based cloud company Accellion was accessed illegally earlier this month

Incident: Victorian man arrested over multiple DDoS attacks | iTnews

by Steven Kirby | Oct 29, 2019 | Australian InfoSec Incidents 2019, Cyber Resilience, DDoS Distributed Denial of Service, iTnews, Law & Legal, Retail, Telcommunications and Internet Service Provider, Victoria | 0 |

Australian DDoS Attack Arrest October 2019: Victorian man arrested over multiple DDoS attacks against a telecommunications business and a large shopping complex.

Incident: 7-Eleven fuel app data breach exposes users’ personal details | The Guardian

by Steven Kirby | Oct 25, 2019 | Australia, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2019, DDoS Distributed Denial of Service, Mobile App, Privacy Breach, Retail, The Guardian | 0 |

Australian App Privacy Breach October 2019: 7-Eleven fuel app data breach exposes users’ personal details, users were able to see other customers’ data, including names, dates of birth and mobile numbers.

Incident: Brisbane based loss assessor Australian Accident Management Commercial (AAMC) hit by cyber breach | insuranceNEWS.com.au

by Steven Kirby | Jul 25, 2019 | Australian InfoSec Incidents 2019, Banking and Finance, In the Press, Queensland, Vulnerability | 0 |

Australian Email Incident 07 October 2019: Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s office accidentally leaks talking points for MPs to journalists

Incident: Medical records exposed by flaw in Telstra Health’s Argus software | SMH

by Steven Kirby | Mar 22, 2018 | Australia, Australian InfoSec Incident, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2018, Medical and Health Care, Password, Privilege Access Management, SMH - The Sydney Morning Herald, Telcommunications and Internet Service Provider, Vulnerability | 0 |

Australian Information Security Incident Reported: March 22 2018 A flaw in medical software used...

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Commentary on Australia's National Cyber Security Strategy
by Craig Nielsen, vice president Asia Pacific, GitLab on September 28, 2023
GUEST OPINION: Australia’s new Cyber Security Strategy to begin building six cyber shields around the nation comes at a time when it’s more important …
Gov stalls on some privacy reforms with conditional support
by Richard Chirgwin on September 28, 2023
The government has offered "in-principle" - conditional - support for over half of the recommendations from a two-year-long review of the Privacy …
Personal data to get greater protection, but targeted ads will keep coming
by Paul Sakkal on September 27, 2023
Australians are likely to gain new rights allowing them to demand tech companies erase data, sue for privacy invasions and avoid being targeted by …
Cyber risk: Directors’ duties and implications for M&A
by Luke Dawson on September 26, 2023
On 18 September 2023, ASIC Chair Joe Longo addressed the Australian Financial Review Cyber Summit on the topic of cyber preparedness. His message was …
APVMA added to HWL Ebsworth breach list
by Richard Chirgwin on September 25, 2023
The Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority (APVMA) has confirmed that it was one of the federal government agencies impacted by the …
Australian Federal Police claw back $45m lost to BEC scammers
by Ry Crozier on September 25, 2023
The Australian Federal Police has claimed some success in thwarting in-progress business email compromise (BEC) scams, in cases where the incident is …
AFP saves mum and dad business from cyber criminals | Australian Federal Police
by Australian Federal Police on September 25, 2023
The AFP has returned $45 million to Australian businesses targeted by cyber criminals in the past three years. As the AFP today challenges the …
Aussies Warned Over Cyber-Security Risks After Large-Scale Hack
by The Project on September 24, 2023
Sixty-five government departments and agencies have been caught up in the country’s latest ‘large scale’ cyber-attack on legal firm HWL Ebsworth, with stark ...
Federal government rolls out plan to protect Aussies from cyber attacks | 9 News Australia
by 9 News Australia on September 24, 2023
One year on since the Optus cyber attack, Home Affairs Minister has revealed part of the Federal government’s plan to protect Australians from future breache...
Troy Hunt scours the dark web for your stolen data — but he's just trying to help
by By Julian Fell on September 22, 2023
He's just "a dude on the web", but Troy Hunt has ended up playing an oddly central role in global cybersecurity. In April, the US Federal Bureau of …

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Category: Vulnerability

Incident: Young Australian Rich Listers watch wealth plummet after hack, crypto sell-off | Australia Financial Review

Incident: Transport for NSW data stolen in Accellion breach | iTnews

Incident: QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute caught up in Accellion breach | iTnews

Incident: Allens victim of high-profile cyber attack | AFR

Incident: Victorian man arrested over multiple DDoS attacks | iTnews

Incident: 7-Eleven fuel app data breach exposes users’ personal details | The Guardian

Incident: Brisbane based loss assessor Australian Accident Management Commercial (AAMC) hit by cyber breach | insuranceNEWS.com.au

Incident: Medical records exposed by flaw in Telstra Health’s Argus software | SMH

Australian military drone supplier warns of ‘likely’ Chinese cyber backdoor in DJI quadcopters | SBS News

Incident: The Medicare machine: patient details of ‘any Australian’ for sale on darknet | The Guardian

Incident: Dunlop’s Aussie site caught up in CryptXXX ransomware-spreading campaign | iTnews

Incident: Dandenong Plaza website hacked to show a disturbing image of a clown | Dandenong Journal

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