Date: 03/11/2022
Harcourts Melbourne City real estate agency advises customers of data breach
Harcourts Melbourne City real estate agency advises customers of data breach Harcourts real estate have suffered a data breach, potentially exposing customers’ names, addresses and bank details. According to an email sent to customers of Harcourts Melbourne City, the company’s rental property data base had been accessed on October 14. Harcourts maintain they only became […]
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Date: 27/10/2022
Government proposes $50m data breach fines
Government proposes $50m data breach fines The Australian government will introduce new legislation to increase data breach penalties, with fines of up to $50m being proposed. Attorney-general Mark Dreyfus announced on 22 October that the Privacy Legislation Amendment (Enforcement and Other Measures) Bill 2022, is set to significantly increase fines in the event of serious […]
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Date: 19/10/2022
Vinomofo data breach: 500,000 customers at risk after wine dealer hit by cyber-attack
Customers of Australian company Vinomofo are the latest victims of personal information exposure after the wine dealer suffered a major cyber-attack. Personal information including names, dates of birth, addresses, email addresses, phone numbers and genders of customers are at risk of exposure. It is not yet clear if all of Vinomofo’s 500,000 customers were exposed but […]
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Date: 19/10/2022
Woolworths says 2.2 million MyDeal customers’ details exposed in data breach
Woolworths says 2.2 million MyDeal customers’ details exposed in data breach Millions of customers’ details have been exposed in a major data breach at an online shopping site owned by the retail giant Woolworths. In September Woolworths took an 80% stake in MyDeal, an Australian online shopping site, in a takeover worth more than $200m. MyDeal […]
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Date: 27/09/2022
Optus Hacked: Customers warned to check in with their banks after personal data exposed
Optus hacked; customers warned to check in with their banks after personal data exposed Last Thursday, Optus alerted its customers of the security breach and confirmed that the attack was quickly identified and shut down. However, the telco’s 11 million customers have been urged by cyber security experts to be extra vigilant of potential threats […]
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Date: 11/04/2018
OAIC sees 63 data breach notifications in first six weeks
ITNEWS, 11 April, 2018 – Australian organisations reported 63 data breaches in the first six weeks of mandatory notification rules coming into effect, with human error listed as the most common cause. By contrast, when organisations only had to voluntarily reveal breaches, they only self-reported 114 instances for the entire 2016–17 financial year. The Office […]
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