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Incident: Telstra apologises for accidentally publishing data of thousands of customers online | ABC News Australia

by Steven Kirby | Dec 11, 2022 | ABC News (Australia), Australia, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2022, Confidentiality, Data Handling, Privacy Breach, Telcommunications and Internet Service Provider | 0 |

Australian Data Handling Incident December 2022: Telstra apologises for accidentally publishing data of thousands of customers online. Names, numbers and addresses of some unlisted customers released online.

Incident: Telstra service provider Schepisi Communications hit by cyber attack as hackers claim SIM card information stolen | The Australian

by Steven Kirby | May 4, 2021 | Australian InfoSec Incidents 2021, Confidentiality, Privacy Breach, Telcommunications and Internet Service Provider, The Australian, Victoria | 0 |

Australia Telstra Provider Breach May 2021: Telstra service provider hit by cyber attack as hackers claim SIM card information stolen. Hackers have claimed they have gained access to “tens of thousands” of SIM cards after a cyber attack against an Australian telecom firm

Incident: ‘Massive messaging storm’ takes out Telstra’s DNS infrastructure | iTnews

by Steven Kirby | Aug 2, 2020 | Australia, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2020, Denial of Service, iTnews, Network, Outage, Telcommunications and Internet Service Provider | 0 |

Australian Telco Outage August 2020: ‘Massive messaging storm’ takes out Telstra’s DNS infrastructure, walks back on earlier claims of denial-of-service attack.

Incident: Thousands of Optus mobile numbers mistakenly published in White Pages | Brisbane Times

by Steven Kirby | Oct 25, 2019 | Australia, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2019, Brisbane Times, Data Handling, Privacy Breach, Telcommunications and Internet Service Provider | 0 |

Australian Privacy Breach Incident October 2019: Tens of thousands of Australian Optus customers have had their mobile phone numbers and addresses mistakenly published online.

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: Offshore hacker’s wave of calls swamped triple zero | SMH

by Steven Kirby | May 31, 2018 | Australia, Australian InfoSec Incident, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2018, Business Continuity, Denial of Service, Telcommunications and Internet Service Provider, The Age | 0 |

Australian Information Security Incident Reported: May 31 2018 An onslaught of 1800 suspected...

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...

Telstra, CommBank targeted by email scammers | iTWire

by Steven Kirby | Nov 26, 2017 | Australia, Banking and Finance, CyberCrime, Email Phishing, iTWire, Phishing, Scam, Telcommunications and Internet Service Provider | 0 |

Two major Australian brands, Telstra and Commonwealth Bank, have been targeted by scammers in a bid to dupe users into downloading malware to their computers or giving up credit card details. Source: Telstra, CommBank targeted...

Fake Telstra and EnergyAustralia email bills spread banking trojans | CSO

by Steven Kirby | Oct 24, 2017 | Australia, Banking and Finance, CSO from IDG, CyberCrime, Email Phishing, Malware, Scam, Telcommunications and Internet Service Provider, Utilities | 0 |

Don’t click “View my bill” if you receive these emails from Telstra or EnergyAustralia. Source: Fake Telstra and EnergyAustralia email bills spread banking trojans – CSO | The Resource for Data Security...

Telstra’s NSW users suffer internet problems | iTnews

by Steven Kirby | Aug 31, 2017 | Australia, Business Continuity, iTnews, Network, New South Wales, Outage, Telcommunications and Internet Service Provider | 0 |

Telstra suffered a domain name server (DNS) outage in NSW with a wide range of users reporting connectivity issues beginning around 5am. Update, 9.57am: Telstra said the DNS issue has been resolved. Source: Telstra’s NSW...

Incident: Mobile porting – Illegal hack ‘happening more than we know’ | news.com.au

by Steven Kirby | Aug 25, 2017 | Australia, Australian InfoSec Incident, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2017, CyberCrime, Hacked, Mobile Phone, news.com.au, Telcommunications and Internet Service Provider | 0 |

Australian Information Security Incident Reported: August 25 2017 When Katie Fletcher had her...

Incident: Identity fraud victim upset that fake ID and stolen details could be used to open Telstra account | ABC News (Australia)

by Steven Kirby | Jul 21, 2017 | ABC News (Australia), Australia, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2017, Identity Theft, In the Press, Western Australia | 0 |

A Perth man whose identity was used to set up a fraudulent mobile phone account with Telstra is questioning why more stringent identity checks were not done. Beau Gellard became aware of the account this week after his mother...

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Tag: Telstra

Incident: Telstra apologises for accidentally publishing data of thousands of customers online | ABC News Australia

Incident: Telstra service provider Schepisi Communications hit by cyber attack as hackers claim SIM card information stolen | The Australian

Incident: ‘Massive messaging storm’ takes out Telstra’s DNS infrastructure | iTnews

Incident: Thousands of Optus mobile numbers mistakenly published in White Pages | Brisbane Times

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

Incident: Offshore hacker’s wave of calls swamped triple zero | SMH

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

Telstra, CommBank targeted by email scammers | iTWire

Fake Telstra and EnergyAustralia email bills spread banking trojans | CSO

Telstra’s NSW users suffer internet problems | iTnews

Incident: Mobile porting – Illegal hack ‘happening more than we know’ | news.com.au

Incident: Identity fraud victim upset that fake ID and stolen details could be used to open Telstra account | ABC News (Australia)

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