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 |
Incident: Double blow: new data breach hits stranded Australians as Emirates suspends flights out of UK | The Guardian January 29, 2021 | Australia, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2021, Confidentiality, Data Handling, Email, Federal Government, Privacy, Privacy Breach, The Guardian |
Incident: ASIC reports server breached via Accellion vulnerability | ZDNet January 27, 2021 | Australia, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2021, Banking and Finance, Confidentiality, Data Breach, Government Agency, Privacy Breach, Regulator and Authority, ZDNet |
Incident: Allens victim of high-profile cyber attack | AFR January 22, 2021 | Australia, Australian Financial Review (AFR), Australian InfoSec Incidents 2021, Confidentiality, Law & Legal, Privacy Breach, Vulnerability |
Incident: Pauline Hanson’s website redirected to refugee council site | SBS News January 15, 2021 | Australia, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2021, Availability, Configuration, Politician and Politics, SBS News, Website |
Incident: Queensland Police Service apologises to gun owners over mass data breach in Moreton region | ABC News (Australia) January 14, 2021 | ABC News (Australia), Australian InfoSec Incidents 2021, Confidentiality, Data Breach, Email, Policing and Law Enforcement, Privacy Breach, Queensland, State Government |
Incident: Ransomware attack forces three-week shutdown of NT Government IT system | ABC News (Australia) January 11, 2021 | ABC News (Australia), Australian InfoSec Incidents 2021, Availability, Data Breach, Northern Territory, Ransomware, State Government |
Incident: New Zealand Reserve Bank urgently responding to ‘illegal data breach’ | SMH January 10, 2021 | Australian InfoSec Incidents 2021, Banking and Finance, Confidentiality, Data Breach, 🥝 New Zealand, 🥝 NZ Incidents, SMH - The Sydney Morning Herald |
Incident: Tasmania Police called in after Ambulance Tasmania’s patient details published online | ABC New (Australia) January 8, 2021 | ABC News (Australia), Australian InfoSec Incidents 2021, Authentication, Confidentiality, Medical and Health Care, Privacy Breach, State Government, Tasmania |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
Incident: Sydney strata management firm Strata Plus hit by Maze ransomware | iTWire July 25, 2020 | Australian InfoSec Incidents 2020, iTWire, New South Wales, Ransomware, Real Estate and Property Management |
Incident: ‘Unforgivable’: The privacy breach that exposed sensitive details of WA’s virus fight | WAtoday July 20, 2020 | Australian InfoSec Incidents 2020, Data Breach, Medical and Health Care, Privacy Breach, State Government, Telcommunications and Internet Service Provider, WAtoday, Western Australia |
Incident: Thousands of personal and work email addresses leaked in major myDarwin data breach | NT News July 15, 2020 | Australian InfoSec Incidents 2020, Data Breach, Local Government, Northern Territory, NT News, Privacy Breach |
Incident: Gang uses REvil to attack Melbourne contract formulation firm Chem Pack | iTWire June 27, 2020 | Australian InfoSec Incidents 2020, iTWire, Malware, Manufacturing, Victoria |
Audit: ACT govt urged to improve data security after shocker audit | iTnews June 22, 2020 | Australian Audit Report 2020, Australian Capital Territory, iTnews, State Government |
Incident: Fisher & Paykel Appliances struck by Nefilim ransomware | iTnews June 10, 2020 | Australia, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2020, iTnews, Manufacturing, Outage, Ransomware |
Incident: Cyber attack halts Lion production of milk and beer | ABC News (Australia) June 9, 2020 | ABC News (Australia), Australia, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2020, Hacked, Malware, Manufacturing |
Incident: Matthews Australasia and Fitzpatrick Rushinek Associates have been hit by attackers using the Mespinoza/Pysa Windows ransomware | iTWire June 4, 2020 | Australia, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2020, IT Industry, iTWire, Law & Legal, Ransomware |
Audit: NSW unis taken to task over poor cyber stance | iTnews June 4, 2020 | Australian Audit Report 2020, Education and Training, iTnews, New South Wales, State Government |
Quote: Michael Madon “and the main problem wasn’t these evil employees or employees that wanted to hurt the company…” June 2, 2020 | Quotes |
Audit: Fed agencies cop mass fail in core systems cyber review | iTnews May 29, 2020 | Australia, Australian Audit Report 2020, Federal Government, iTnews |
Incident: Big Footy data breach exposed private details of up to 100,000 users | WAtoday May 29, 2020 | Australia, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2020, Hacked, Privacy Breach, Sporting and Recreation, WAtoday |
Incident: Perth socialite Melissa Graham held to ransom after Instagram privacy breach | The West Australian May 27, 2020 | Australian InfoSec Incidents 2020, Social Media, The West Australian, Western Australia |
Incident: Cyber-security fears takes Geelong Council website offline | Bay 93.9 Geelong May 27, 2020 | Australian InfoSec Incidents 2020, Cybersecurity, In the Press, Local Government, Victoria |
Incident: Australian customer experience firm Stellar hit by ransomware | iTWire May 26, 2020 | Australia, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2020, iTWire, Ransomware, Services |
Incident: Sydney sports store IN SPORTS hit by Windows REvil ransomware | iTWire May 20, 2020 | Australia, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2020, iTWire, Ransomware, Retail |
Incident: BlueScope Steel hit by cyber attack causing worldwide system shutdown of operations | ABC News (Australia) May 16, 2020 | ABC News (Australia), Australia, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2020, Manufacturing, Outage, Ransomware |
Incident (Updated): Citizen data compromised as Service NSW falls victim to phishing attack | ZDNet May 14, 2020 | Australian InfoSec Incidents 2020, Email Phishing, New South Wales, State Government, ZDNet |
Incident: Hackers target West Australia’s major daily newspaper, putting data of subscribers at risk | WAtoday May 13, 2020 | Australian InfoSec Incidents 2020, Email Phishing, News Film and Media, Privacy, WAtoday, Western Australia |
Incident: MyBudget blames ransomware hack for system outage affecting thousands of customers | ABC News (Australia) May 13, 2020 | ABC News (Australia), Australian InfoSec Incidents 2020, Banking and Finance, Outage, Ransomware, South Australia |
Incident: Confidential details of entire WA Police Force accessed in ‘startling’ audit breach, CCC finds | ABC News (Australia) April 24, 2020 | ABC News (Australia), Australian InfoSec Incidents 2020, Data Handling, Email, Police and Law Enforcement, Privacy Breach, State Government, Western Australia |
Incident: Email bungle at Australian Traffic Network seeking jobkeeper payments exposes staff’s personal details | The Guardian April 23, 2020 | Australia, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2020, Data Handling, Email, News Film and Media, Privacy Breach, The Guardian, Transport and Logistics |
Quote: Kevin Mitnick Companies spend millions of dollars on firewalls, encryption and secure access devices, and it’s money wasted, because none of these measures address the weakest link in the security chain.” April 16, 2020 | Quotes |
Audit: WA agencies still vulnerable to cyber security weaknesses | iTnews April 8, 2020 | Australian Audit Report 2020, iTnews, State Government, Western Australia |
Incident: Federal court data breach sees names of protection visa applicants made public | ABC News (Australia) March 31, 2020 | ABC News (Australia), Australia, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2020, Federal Government, Law & Legal, Privacy Breach, Website |
Incident: Melbourne IT services firm Geidi hit by REvil ransomware | iTWire March 25, 2020 | Australian InfoSec Incidents 2020, Data Breach, IT Industry, iTWire, Ransomware, Victoria |
Quote: Bobbie Garrett “Make ‘business continuity’ ‘business as usual’ and embed it into your management routines as decisions are made, instead of an afterthought check off the box exercise later” March 19, 2020 | Business Continuity, Quotes |
Incident: Freight forwarding firm Henning Harders hit by Windows ransomware | iTWire March 19, 2020 | Australia, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2020, Data Breach, iTWire, Privacy Breach, Ransomware, Transport and Logistics |
Incident: Melbourne TAFE data breach exposes 55k student, staff files | iTnews March 11, 2020 | ARN from IDG, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2020, Data Breach, Education and Training, iTnews, Privacy, Privacy Breach, Victoria |
Incident: Updated Citrix Bug – Fears private details of Australian Defence Force members compromised in database hack | ABC News (Australia) March 4, 2020 | ABC News (Australia), Australia, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2020, Defence and Military, Federal Government, Hacked, Privacy |
Quote: Ginni Rometty “Cyber crime is the greatest threat to every company in the world” March 2, 2020 | Quotes |
DIGEST 01 FEBRUARY 2020 | Australian Information and Cyber Security News March 1, 2020 | Cybersecurity, Information Security, kirbyIDau News |