2021 - Data Breach Notifications in Australia
Cyberlutions Team • April 7, 2024
Lastpass – December 2021
Ubisoft – December 2021
- Ubisoft says Just Dance was hit by a data breach
- Ubisoft Says a ‘Misconfiguration’ Exposed Just Dance Player Data
Huawei – December 2021
Victoria Police – December 2021
Finite Recruitment – December 2021
- Coles, Westpac, AMP and Department of Defence caught up in ‘significant’ data breach of Finite Recruitment
- A Russian Hacking Group Caused A Data Breach That Could Affect Coles, Westpac & Some Gov Depts
SA Government – December 2021
- Cyber attack steals personal data of up to 80,000 SA public servants
- Personal details of up to 80,000 SA government employees accessed in cyber attack
- Premier can’t say if government trusts firm after data breach | The state government can’t confirm its trust in a third-party payroll provider, after personal data from up to 80,000 public servants – including bank account details – were stolen.
- 80,000 SA govt employees exposed to data breach | Third party payroll service hit by ransomware.
- SA gov employee data stolen in Frontier Software ransomware attack | At least 38,000 staff impacted
- Tens of thousands locked out of ATO Online accounts after payroll hack
- Government confirms almost 80,000 public sector employees affected in Frontier Software cyber attack
- South Australian gov issues breach notice to hacked payroll provider
Gravatar – December 2021
Panasonic – November 2021
- Panasonic says it has been hit by a data breach
- Panasonic confirms data breach after hackers access internal network
- Panasonic Confirms Six Months Of Data Breaches
ACT Government – November 2021
- Canberra Liberals: Serious data breach needs independent investigation | United Firefighters’ Union
- Refer compo spreadsheet data breach to privacy watchdog: ACT firies’ union
- Independent investigation needed into workers’ compensation spreadsheet data breach: opposition
- Liberals call for external review into data breach
- ACT government publishes sensitive health data from nearly 30,000 workers’ compensation claims
Tabcorp – November 2021
Australia’s Copyright Agency – November 2021
GoDaddy – November 2021
- GoDaddy security breach exposes WordPress users’ data GoDaddy security breach exposes WordPress users’ data | Up to 1.2 million customers caught up
- Global web hosting company GoDaddy reports data breach
- GoDaddy breach exposes 1.2 million customer accounts
- Cybersecurity experts weigh in on GoDaddy data breach
South Australian Ambulance Service – November 2021
Sunwater – November 2021
mySA Gov – November 2021
- mySA Gov accounts breached | Attacker(s) reused passwords stolen in different incident
- Hackers access mySA GOV digital licence accounts, prompting warning from state government
Twitch – October 2021
- Amazon’s Twitch hit by data breach | 125GB leaked, including source code
- Twitch hack reveals multi-million-dollar sums top streamers earn from playing computer games
- Amazon’s Twitch blames configuration error for data breach
- Live streaming platform Twitch hit by huge data breach
- Twitch hit by huge data breach | Hackers warn more information is coming
- Twitch in crisis as it blames server error for massive data breach
- Massive data breach at Twitch.tv
AI Dungeon – September 2021
Accenture – August 2021
- Ransomware group demanding US$50M in Accenture security breach: cyber firm
- Accenture admits cyber incident also involved data breach
FIFA21 – August 2021
Optus – 2019 Update
SafeWA – August 2021
Melbourne City Mission and the Department of Health and Human Services – 2017 Update
Uber – 2016 Update
- Uber slapped on wrist for massive data breach | US parent argues exemption from privacy laws
- Uber found to have breached privacy of 1.2 million Aussies in 2016| Privacy watchdog releases findings of investigation
- Uber interfered with privacy of 1.2 million Australians
NSW Department of Education – July 2021
- NSW Education Dept downed by cyber attack
- NSW Education had unknown vulnerability in breached system
- Notifying individuals affected by July’s cyber incident
- Department of Education networks | The NSW Department of Education has been a victim of a cyber-security attack
Tasmanian State Growth – July 2021
LimeVPN – July 2021
- LimeVPN Suffers Major Data Breach, Over 69K Users at Risk | A hacker stole the backup database, customer payment details, private keys, and took the website offline.
Morningstar – June 2021
- Morningstar data breach reveals KPMG deal maker lists | A software glitch has exposed the key companies garnering the interest of big four advisory group KPMG’s deal makers and restructuring experts.
LinkedIn – June 2021
- LinkedIn denies data breach with 700 million records | Personal information on members found for sale
- LinkedIn data from 700 million users for sale on hacking forum
- LinkedIn hacked again — personal info of 756 million users leaked
Carnival Cruises – June 2021
Uniting Communities – June 2021
Ray White – June 2021
NSW Health – June 2021
- Medical information leaked in NSW Health hack
- NSW Health admits personal data accessed in Accellion breach
Air India – May 2021
- SITA hack may have been worse than thought following Air India breach
- Air India breach compromised data for 4.5 million passengers
- Air India says data on 4.5 million passengers stolen
TPG – May 2021
NAB 2019 – April 2021
- NAB fired IT worker over data breach | Uploaded data of 13,000 customers to third-party servers
- NAB repays customers $687k for data breach
UnitingCare Queensland – April 2021
- UnitingCare Queensland hit by cyber attack | Ransomware infection reportedly impacts hospitals and aged care facilities
Swinburne University – April 2021
- Swinburne University data breach exposes details of 5000 staff, students | Seven years of event registrations found online.
- Details of over 5,000 people exposed in Swinburne uni breach
Ubiquiti – April 2021
- IoT firm Ubiquiti hit by ‘catastrophic’ data breach | Intruders allegedly gained administrative access to Ubiquity’s servers
- No customer info accessed’ in Ubiquiti breach
Shanghai Security Database – April 2021
Facebook – April 2021
- Massive Facebook data breach leaks info on millions of users | Data of over 533 million Facebook users leaked online
- Facebook data breach: how to check if your details were leaked
- Facebook data breach exposes personal information of 533 million users, including its founder Mark Zuckerberg
- Facebook data leak: Details of 533 million users found on site for hackers
- What You Can Do About That Messy Facebook Data Breach
- How to check if your Facebook account was one of the half billion that were breached
Eastern Health – March 2021
- Victorian hospitals hit by cyber attack | Forces postponement of non-urgent elective surgeries
WA Parliamentary Email Network – March 2021
Microsoft – March 2021
- Australian corporations hit by massive Microsoft Server hack
- ESET says at least 10 hacking groups using Microsoft software flaw
SITA – March 2021
- SITA data breach affects millions of airline passengers | Passenger data from multiple airlines has been acquired by hackers
Minister’s Private Email Accounts – February 2021
Transport for NSW – February 2021
- Transport for NSW data stolen in Accellion breach | Agency probes customer impact
SingTel – February 2021
Accellion – February 2021
- The Accellion Data Breach Seems to Be Getting Bigger
- Australian orgs exposed to Accellion vulnerability
NT Health – February 2021
QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute – February 2021
Service NSW – 2020 Update
- 20,000 people still unaware of Service NSW breach | Affected residents don’t know their data was stolen last year
- Service NSW struggling to contact thousands of cyber attack victims
Oxfam – February 2021
- Oxfam Australia investigates suspected data breach | Tries to work out what data was accessed
ASIC – January 2021
- ASIC joins Reserve Bank NZ as victim of Accellion hack | Used server to transfer files on credit licence applications
- ASIC server hit by cyber security breach
Tasmanian Ambulance – January 2021
- Cybersecurity expert calls for replacement technology following Tasmanian ambulance patient data leak
- Tasmanian data leak reveals HIV status of ambulance patients
- Mass hack incident exposes Tasmanian patient’s medical data on public website
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