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Quotes and Memes: “In the battle of real world vs. textbook, the real world will win every time.” – Elijah Shaw
AU Info and Cyber Security News Last Week 2023-05-22
Last Week Ending 15 May: No publicly disclosed incidents this week, but a lost of coverage of the budget and discussions around the upcoming changes to the Privacy Act from the OAIC. A great resource that I have subscribed to (its free) is Lexology https://www.lexology.com/ , I have it provided a filtered feed of Australian legal and legislative news..
Incident: Thousands of identifiable Northern Territory patient health files sent to overseas-based software vendor in government data breach | ABC News (Australia)
Australian Medical Data Handling Incident 25 May 2023: Thousands of identifiable Northern Territory patient health files sent to overseas-based software vendor in government data breach. NT Health says the onus is on individuals to check if the privacy of their medical records has been breached.
AU Info and Cyber Security News Last Week 2023-05-15
Last Week 08 – 14 May: Three new breaches, Ambulance Victoria internally exposing private medical results, TechnologyOne had its Microsoft 365 environment compromised, then the Medusa ransomware group demanded $100k with 7 days to pay from the Crown Princess Mary Cancer Centre. Fire Rescue Victoria dispatch system five months later trying to get the system fixed…. The federal budget cyber new and a boost for privacy. review of the Privacy Act released, and joint AU/ZN privacy investigation into Latitude breach.
Incident: Drug and alcohol tests of graduate paramedics revealed in Ambulance Victoria data breach | The Guardian
Australian Medical Data Handling Incident 04 May 2023. Drug and alcohol tests of graduate paramedics revealed in Ambulance Victoria data breach. The documents had become accessible to all employees on Ambulance Victoria’s internal intranet.
Incident: TechnologyOne investigates ‘cyber incident’ on M365 system | iTnews
Australian SaaS Provider Breach 10 May 2023: TechnologyOne investigates ‘cyber incident’ on M365 system. “Unauthorised third party” has accessed the company’s internal Microsoft 365 platform.
AU Info and Cyber Security News Last Week 2023-05-08
Last Week 01 – 07 May: Two incidents were reported in the press this week. Amnesty International Australia’s report on a breach from December has some interesting notes surrounding the “serious harm” clause of the Australian Breach Notifications rules. HWL Ebsworth Lawyers is a good reminder for Privacy Week about excessive storage and encryption of PII data.
Incident: Crown Princess Mary Cancer Centre in Westmead Hospital in cyber attack, hackers threatening to release stolen data | ABC News (Australia)
Australian Medical Ransomware Attack 04 May 2023: Crown Princess Mary Cancer Centre in Westmead Hospital in cyber attack, hackers threatening to release stolen data. The ransomware group Medusa demand, pay AUD100,000 within a seven-days.
Incident: Australian law firm HWL Ebsworth hit by Russian-linked Blackcat ransomware attack | The Guardian
Australian Law Firm Ransomware Attack, 02 May 2023: Australian law firm HWL Ebsworth hit by Russian-linked Blackcat ransomware attack. Hacking 4TB of data including IDs, finance reports, accounting data, client documents and credit card details.
AU Info and Cyber Security News Last Week 2023-05-01
Last Week 24 – 30 April: With the extra free time I’ve rummaged through state government audit agencies sites looking for recent audits. I’ve added two from Western Australia and once from the best state Queensland. They are worth reading to remind us that independent audits are a valuable tool (ISO 27002 5.35 Independent review of information security). Have a great Privacy Awareness Week.