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Incident: NSW Health confirms data breached due to Accellion vulnerability | ZDNet

by Steven Kirby | Jun 6, 2021 | Australian InfoSec Incidents 2021, Confidentiality, Medical and Health Care, New South Wales, Privacy Breach, Website Compromise, ZDNet | 0 |

Australian Vulnerability Incident June 2021: NSW Health is the latest Australian government entity to confirm being impacted by a vulnerability in the Accellion file transfer system. Different types of information, including identity information and in some cases, health-related personal information, were included in the attack.

NZ Incident: ‘Coding error’ compromises passports, driver licences in Ministry of Culture and Heritage data breach | Stuff.co.nz

by Steven Kirby | Aug 25, 2019 | 🥝 NZ Incidents, Federal Government, New Zealand, OSWAP Top Ten, Privacy Breach, Stuff.co.nz, Website Compromise | 0 |

Privacy Breach 25 August 2019: New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage revealed on Sunday more than 300 people had had their personal documents compromised following a “coding error” on a ministry-commissioned website.

Incident: ‘Scotty Doesn’t Know’: PM’s website plays lewd song after internet prank takeover | ABC News (Australia)

by Steven Kirby | Oct 19, 2018 | ABC News (Australia), Australia, Australian InfoSec Incident, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2018, Politician and Politics, Social Media, Website Compromise | 0 |

Australian Information Security Incident Reported: October 19 2018 A prankster claims credit for a...

Incident: Telstra user stumbles across ‘private’ details of 66,000 users | 9 News

by Steven Kirby | Jul 27, 2018 | 9 News, APP Australian Privacy Principles, Australia, Australian InfoSec Incident, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2018, Configuration, Data Breach, Privacy, Telcommunications and Internet Service Provider, Website Compromise | 0 |

Australian Information Security Incident Reported: July 27 2018 Telstra customer stumbles across...

Incident: AFP investigating airport security card data hack | ABC News (Australia)

by Steven Kirby | Jul 12, 2018 | ABC News (Australia), Australian InfoSec Incident, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2018, Data Breach, Hacked, New South Wales, Privacy Breach, Transport and Logistics, Website Compromise | 0 |

Australian Information Security Incident Reported: July 12 2018 A company that issues Aviation...

Incident: Roseanne’s face appears on BoM site, but hack denied | iTWire

by Steven Kirby | Jun 1, 2018 | Australia, Australian InfoSec Incident, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2018, Federal Government, Government Agency, iTWire, Website Compromise | 0 |

Australian Information Security Incident Reported: June 01 2018 The face of disgraced American...

Incident: Details of 6000 supermarket customers at risk after hack | SMH

by Steven Kirby | May 19, 2018 | Australia, Australian InfoSec Incident, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2018, Data Breach, Hacked, Privacy Breach, Retail, SMH - The Sydney Morning Herald, Website Compromise | 0 |

Australian Information Security Incident Reported: May 19 2018 The names, email addresses and...

Incident: Cyber attack on Family Planning NSW client database | SMH

by Steven Kirby | May 14, 2018 | APP Australian Privacy Principles, Australia, Australian InfoSec Incident, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2018, Data Breach, In the Press, Medical and Health Care, New South Wales, Privacy, Public Sector, SMH - The Sydney Morning Herald, State Government, Website Compromise | 0 |

Australian Information Security Incident Reported: May 14 2018 A cyber attack on Family Planning...

Incident: Queensland and Australian govt sites hijacked by crypto coin miner | iTnews

by Steven Kirby | Feb 12, 2018 | Australian InfoSec Incident, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2018, Cryptocurrency - Bitcoin, Federal Government, Government Agency, Hacked, iTnews, Local Government, Queensland, South Australia, State Government, Victoria, Website Compromise | 0 |

Australian Information Security Incident Reported: February 12 2018 The Queensland...

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Incident: Thousands of identifiable Northern Territory patient health files sent to overseas-based software vendor in government data breach | ABC News (Australia)
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Category: Website Compromise

Incident: NSW Health confirms data breached due to Accellion vulnerability | ZDNet

NZ Incident: ‘Coding error’ compromises passports, driver licences in Ministry of Culture and Heritage data breach | Stuff.co.nz

Incident: Telstra user stumbles across ‘private’ details of 66,000 users | 9 News

Incident: AFP investigating airport security card data hack | ABC News (Australia)

Incident: Roseanne’s face appears on BoM site, but hack denied | iTWire

Incident: Details of 6000 supermarket customers at risk after hack | SMH

Incident: Cyber attack on Family Planning NSW client database | SMH

Incident: Queensland and Australian govt sites hijacked by crypto coin miner | iTnews

Incident: Corporate watchdog ASIC in privacy breach exposing users’ search history | The Guardian

Incident: Natbuild Says Mitre 10 Hacked into its Website | Power Retail

Incident: Scammers Hosted Files on Equifax’s Australian Website | BankInfoSecurity

Vodafone NZ customer finds major loophole in ‘My Vodafone’ system | SecurityBrief NZ

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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