February

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

February 25, 2021 | Australia, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2021, Confidentiality, Data Breach, iTnews, New South Wales, Privacy, Transport and Logistics, Vulnerability |
Incident: Melbourne’s RMIT University suspends classes after suffering IT outage | ABC News (Australia)

February 19, 2021 | ABC News (Australia), Australian InfoSec Incidents 2021, Availability, Education and Training, Email Phishing, Phishing, Victoria |
Incident: QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute caught up in Accellion breach | iTnews

February 11, 2021 | Australia, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2021, Confidentiality, Data Breach, iTnews, Medical and Health Care, Privacy, Vulnerability |
Incident: Oxfam Australia investigates suspected data breach | iTnews

February 5, 2021 | Australia, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2021, Charities and Not For Profit, Confidentiality, Data Breach, iTnews, Privacy Breach |

January

December

Incident: Australian Ransomware Breach December 2020 | ABC News (Australia)

December 24, 2020 | ABC News (Australia), Australia, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2020, Availability, Confidentiality, Integrity, Malware, Medical and Health Care, Mining and Resources, Services, State Government |
Incident: Auto services firm Inchcape Australian hit by Windows Ransomexx ransomware | iTWire

December 14, 2020 | Australia, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2020, Availability, Confidentiality, iTWire, Privacy, Privacy Breach, Ransomware, Services |
NZ Incident: NZ financial strategies provider hit by Windows NetWalker ransomware | iTWire

December 10, 2020 | Availability, Banking and Finance, Confidentiality, 🥝 New Zealand, 🥝 NZ Incidents, Email, iTWire, Privacy, Privacy Breach, Ransomware, Regulator and Authority |
Incident: BTC Markets exposes customer names, emails in botched blast send | iTnews

December 2, 2020 | Australia, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2020, Banking and Finance, Confidentiality, Data Handling, Email, iTnews, Privacy, Privacy Breach |

November

Audit: WA registry system flaws force auditor to delay findings by 18 months | iTnews

November 26, 2020 | Australian Audit Report 2020, Compliance, Confidentiality, Integrity, iTnews, State Government, Western Australia |
Audit: Major NSW govt agencies still without disaster recovery plans for all systems | iTnews

November 25, 2020 | Australian Audit Report 2020, Availability, Compliance, iTnews, New South Wales, State Government |
Incident: Law In Order hit by ransomware attack | iTnews

November 24, 2020 | Australia, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2020, Availability, Data Breach, Integrity, iTnews, Law & Legal, Ransomware, Services |
Incident: Levitas Capital closing after fake Zoom invite sinks $16m super fund investment | news.com.au

November 23, 2020 | Australian InfoSec Incidents 2020, Availability, Banking and Finance, Confidentiality, Email Spear Phing and Business Email Compromise (BEC), Integrity, New South Wales, news.com.au, Privacy, Privacy Breach |
Incident: Bugged lawyers’ conversations available to police thanks to ‘IT error’ | The Age

November 23, 2020 | Australia, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2020, Confidentiality, Law & Legal, Policing and Law Enforcement, Privacy Breach, State Government, The Age, Victoria |

October

Incident: Orchard worker recruiter exposed sensitive personal data | iTnews

October 29, 2020 | Australian InfoSec Incidents 2020, Confidentiality, Configuration, Control of operational software, Data Breach, Human Resources, iTnews, Privacy, Victoria |
Incident: Nitro Software user database put up for sale on dark web | iTWire

October 29, 2020 | Australian InfoSec Incidents 2020, Confidentiality, Hacked, IT Industry, iTWire, Privacy, Victoria |
Incident: DFAT Stranded Aussies’ identities exposed again | The Canberra Times

October 28, 2020 | Australia, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2020, Confidentiality, Data Handling, Email, Federal Government, Government Agency, Privacy, The Canberra Times, User Error |
Incident: Melbourne council apologises for data breach | Government News (Australia)

October 28, 2020 | Australian InfoSec Incidents 2020, Confidentiality, Control of operational software, Government News (Australia), Local Government, Privacy Breach, Victoria, Website |
Incident: Cyberattack strikes media-monitoring company used by Australian government | The Guardian

October 27, 2020 | Australia, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2020, Availability, Integrity, Ransomware, The Guardian |
Incident: Overseas hackers break into Mosman Council database. |The Daily Telegraph

October 20, 2020 | Australian InfoSec Incidents 2020, Confidentiality, Data Breach, Hacked, Human Resources, Local Government, New South Wales, Privacy, The Daily Telegraph |
Incident: Kleenheat customer names and addresses exposed in system breach | ZDNet

October 19, 2020 | Australian InfoSec Incidents 2020, Confidentiality, Data Breach, Privacy Breach, Utilities, Western Australia, ZDNet |
Incident: Spotless hit by ransomware attack | iTnews

October 12, 2020 | Australia, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2020, Availability, Defence and Military, 🥝 New Zealand, Education and Training, Integrity, iTnews, iTWire, Medical and Health Care, Public Sector, Ransomware, Utilities |
Quote: Michael McCormack “Never been a breach, the ABS assures us that this won’t happen into the future with this Census”

October 11, 2020 | Featured, Quotes |
Quote: Hanif Kureishi “Security and safety were the reward of dullness.”

October 11, 2020 | Quotes |
Audit: NSW govt blasted for failing councils on cyber security | iTnews

October 9, 2020 | Australian Audit Report 2020, Compliance, iTnews, Local Government, New South Wales |

September

Incident: DFAT admits email addresses of almost 3,000 Australians stranded overseas released in breach | The Guardian

September 30, 2020 | Australia, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2020, Confidentiality, Data Handling, Email, Federal Government, Government Agency, Privacy, The Guardian, User Error |
NZ Incident: RC plane and drone users’ details leaked by CAA New Zealand | xjet

September 30, 2020 | Australian InfoSec Incidents 2020, Confidentiality, 🥝 New Zealand, 🥝 NZ Incidents, Email, Federal Government, Government Agency, Privacy, Regulator and Authority |
Audit: ANAO finds Services Australia lacking in cyber and cost aspects of WPIT | ZDNet

September 25, 2020 | Australia, Australian Audit Report 2020, Federal Government, Government Agency, Risk Management, ZDNet |
Incident: Scouts Victoria data breach potentially nets 900 people’s personal details | iTnews

September 25, 2020 | Access Control, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2020, Charities and Not For Profit, Confidentiality, Email Phishing, iTnews, Privacy, Victoria |
Incident: Top Australian tenancy blacklist firm under investigation by information commissioner | The Guardian

September 22, 2020 | Australia, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2020, Banking and Finance, Confidentiality, Privacy, Real Estate and Property Management, The Guardian |
Incident: Misconfigured UTAS SharePoint site exposed 20,000 students’ details | iTnews

September 21, 2020 | Access Control, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2020, Confidentiality, Configuration, Education and Training, iTnews, Privacy Breach, Tasmania |
Incident: Anglicare Sydney being held to ransom over sensitive data stolen from computer system | ABC News (Australia)

September 19, 2020 | ABC News (Australia), Australian InfoSec Incidents 2020, Availability, Breach Response, Confidentiality, Data Breach, Medical and Health Care, New South Wales, Privacy Breach, Ransomware |
Incident: Why you shouldn’t post a picture of a boarding pass on social media | SMH

September 18, 2020 | Australia, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2020, Confidentiality, eSafety, Identity Theft, Politician and Politics, Privacy, SMH - The Sydney Morning Herald, Social Media |
Incident: Government contractor accessed private data over ‘grudge’

September 14, 2020 | Access Control, Australia, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2020, Confidentiality, Insider Threat, Privacy, Public Sector, Unauthorised Access |
Incident: Specsavers – Adelaide optometrist struck off register after tampering with hundreds of glasses prescriptions | ABC News (Australia)

September 13, 2020 | ABC News (Australia), Australian InfoSec Incidents 2020, Insider Threat, Integrity, Medical and Health Care, Retail |
Incident: Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron to be questioned by Office of Australian Information Commissioner after data breach | The Courier Mail

September 11, 2020 | Australian InfoSec Incidents 2020, Confidentiality, Email, Queensland, Sporting and Recreation, The Courier |
Incident: Australian firm Tandem Corp hit by Windows NetWalker ransomware | iTWire

September 2, 2020 | Australian InfoSec Incidents 2020, Confidentiality, Human Resources, iTWire, Privacy, Privacy Breach, Ransomware, Services, Victoria |
Incident: Data breach exposes tens of thousands of NSW driver’s licences online | ABC News (Australia)

September 1, 2020 | ABC News (Australia), Access Control, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2020, Confidentiality, Configuration, Education and Training, New South Wales, Privacy Breach, State Government |
Incident: Australian company Jands appears to have been hit by Windows ransomware | iTWire

September 1, 2020 | Australian InfoSec Incidents 2020, Availability, Confidentiality, Data Breach, Entertainment and Events, iTWire, New South Wales, Privacy, Privacy Breach, Ransomware, Retail |

August

Incident: Data#3 says it has been hit by a non-notifiable cyber incident | ZDNet

August 27, 2020 | Australia, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2020, IT Industry, ZDNet |
Incident: ASIC sues financial services company for repeated hacks | iTnews

August 21, 2020 | Australia, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2020, Banking and Finance, Data Breach, Hacked, iTnews, Privacy Breach, Ransomware |
Incident: Sydney Tools sues competitor Total Tools over alleged email hacking | SmartCompany

August 21, 2020 | Access Control, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2020, Confidentiality, Email, Insider Threat, New South Wales, Retail, SmartCompany, Unauthorised Access |
Incident: NSW police to investigate after leaking emails of people who complained about pepper spray at Black Lives Matter rally | The Guardian

August 19, 2020 | Australian InfoSec Incidents 2020, Email, New South Wales, Police and Law Enforcement, Privacy Breach, State Government, The Guardian |
Incident: Seek apologises for ‘internal technical issue’ that exposed user details | ZDNet

August 12, 2020 | Australia, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2020, Education and Training, Privacy Breach, ZDNet |
Quote: Michael Meade “A false sense of security is the only kind there is.”

August 5, 2020 | Quotes |
Incident: Regis Healthcare loses data in Maze ransomware infection | iTnews

August 3, 2020 | Australia, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2020, Breach Response, Data Breach, Data Loss, iTnews, Medical and Health Care, Privacy Breach, Ransomware |
Incident: ‘Massive messaging storm’ takes out Telstra’s DNS infrastructure | iTnews

August 2, 2020 | Australia, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2020, Denial of Service, iTnews, Network, Outage, Telcommunications and Internet Service Provider |

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