I take data protection and privacy very seriously.
2019/06/03 Markis implemented Data Erasure Standards to Australian Government Standards; https://markis.com.au/implementation-of-data-erasure-standards-to-australian-government-standards/
2018/12/03 Markis implemented a custom air-gapped production facilities for minimising and effectively eliminating any hacking and malicious cyber activities for processing, printing and production of mail outs; https://markis.com.au/digital-data-theft-and-hacking/
Australian Companies with data breaches;
Sydney IT Contractor, Victorian Hospitals, Zynga, Pitney Bowes, SendPro – October 2019
- Sydney IT contractorcould face jail over data breaches affecting 270,000 people
- ‘Trusted inside access’ – Sydney IT contractor arrested over Landmark White data breach
- Contractor charged over Sydney data breach
- Surgeries delayed and patient security fears after cyber attack on Victorian hospitals
- Multiple Victorian hospitals hacked in suspected ransomware attack
- Social games company Zynga reveals data breach
- Words With Friends Data Allegedly Stolen In Breach That Could Affect 218 Million Users
- Pitney Bowes under ransomware attack. Customer access to services disrupted
DoorDash, Get, TGI Fridays – September 2019
- UberEats competitor DoorDash suffers data breach, exposing details of five million customers
- DoorDash security breach affects nearly 5 million users
- ‘Alarming’ Data Breach Exposes 50,000 Students In Ticketing Website Bungle
- Get data breach leaves 50,000 students vulnerable
- Data breach suffered by online service used by SASS, SciSoc, St John’s College
- TGI Fridays admits to exposing customer data, as Aussie breaches spike
- TGI Fridays Australia data breach highlights concern
Imperva, PAY ID, BUPA, Sonic HealthPlus (SHP), Myki, TAFE NSW, Cloud Union, Air New Zealand, Neoclinical – August 2019
- Imperva discloses data breach affecting some firewall users
- Personal banking information at risk following fresh data breach
- Banks told to tighten security after payments data breach
- PayID in new breach affecting customers at big four banks
- Aussie banks warn customers after fresh PayID data breach
- PayID breach sees customers’ banking information hacked
- Sensitive personal data of hundreds of visa applicants accidentally leaked in email mishap
- Watchdog slams Public Transport Victoria for Myki data breach
- Botched myki data release breached privacy laws
- ‘Shocking’ myki privacy breach for millions of users in data release
- Myki data leak put privacy at risk: report
- Exclusive: TAFE NSW staff details stolen after computer systems allegedly hacked
- Ecommerce service exposed passports, ID details of users
- Air New Zealand staffer falls for phishing attack
- ABThousands of medical histories exposed in data breach
Sephora, AAMC Loss Assessor, NAB, Equifax, MYOB, Commonwealth Bank, British Airways, Queensland Health, MEGT & Ability English – July 2019
- Sephora in damage control after Aussies’ data leaked
- Sephora: “some customers may have been exposed”
- Motor loss assessing firm AAMC has alerted insurers after an unauthorised cyber breach affected part of its systems.
- NAB reveals 13,000-person data breach at 6PM Friday
- NAB admits thousands had personal data breached, blaming ‘human error’
- Equifax hit with major pay out for data breach settlement
- MYOB in payslip privacy bungle
- Australian workers’ salaries exposed after MYOB glitch
- Comm Bank slapped over failed security
- British Airways faces record-breaking fine over data breach
- British Airways faces record $329m fine over data breach
- BA to contest data breach fine
- Queensland Health launches investigation after medical files found on busy Brisbane road
- Education services provider confirms data breach
- Data breach exposed students passport details, education data
ABS, ANAO, ACU, ANU, Westpac, Princess Polly, LandMark White, Symantec – June 2019
- ABS survey reveal 1 in 10 Aussie businesses suffered data breach last year
- Cyber attacks excluded from The Terrorism Reinsurance Scheme
- Cyber attack on Australian Catholic University IT systems
- Landmark White continues to suffer the fallout from second data breach
- The Australian National University has been the victim of a data breach
- Almost 100,000 Australians’ private details exposed in attack on Westpac’s PayID
- Aussie fashion e-tailer Princess Polly suffers data breach
- Symantec breach revealed client list, passwords:
Microsoft, LandMark White, Canva.com – May 2019
Speedrun.com – April 2019
Australia Post, ASUS, Bank of Queensland, Kathmandu, Citrix – March 2019
- AusPost’s Bill Scanner caught up in Gmail privacy sweep – Works with Google to ensure API permissions aren’t revoked
- ASUS users targeted in large supply chain attack – Users infected via software update utility
- ASUS releases fix after ShadowHammer malware attack – But some users unable to update to non-backdoored software
- Bank warns of reported third-party data breach – The Bank of Queensland has announced that it has been made aware of a personal data breach by a third party provider
- Credit cards cancelled as Kathmandu reveals online store hacked – month-long breach during peak discount period
- Kathmandu hit by hackers
- Credit cards cancelled as Kathmandu reveals online store hacked
- Kathmandu flags suspected data breach
- Data breaches have possibility to ruin customer relationships
Melbourne Hospital, CoffeeMeetsBagel, 9 Honey, Toyota Australia, AMP, LandMark White, Department of Parliamentary Services, Bunnings – February 2019
- A cyber crime syndicate accessed the medical files of 15,000 patients at Melbourne Heart Group at Melbourne’s Cabrini Hospital
- ‘The crooks are ahead’: Cabrini breach a warning for Australia
- Melbourne heart clinic hit by ransomware attack
- Dating site Coffee MeetsBagel warns Aussie users of data breach on Valentines Day
- ‘Coffee Meets Bagel’ Dating Site Hit by Data Breach
- Toyota Australia hit by cyber attack – takes down email and other systems
- Cyber Ransom Attacks On The Rise, Toyota Australia has confirmed it has been subject to an attempted cyber attack
- Millions of customers’ data accessed in second Toyota hack – Tokyo sales subsidiaries raided
- Toyota Australia hit by cyber attack
- Australian bank customers caught in valuation firm data breach | Caused by undisclosed ‘security vulnerability’
- Home loan details of 100,000 customers hacked in major data breach
- LandMark White blames exposed API for data breach – ANZ confirms it has suspended use of the property valuer
- Valuation firm hit by data breach LandMark White pleads for long share suspension
- Embattled LandMark White shares drop 10.6 pc after data breach
- NAB pulls plug on LandMark White as home loan breach scandal grows
- LandMark White blames ill-informed public commentary on its dark web data breach for further ASX share suspension
- Centrelink keeps LandmarkWhite, says data breach hit ‘very small’ client group
- LandMark White counts cost of data breach – LandMark White still unsure of financial impact
- LandmarkWhite knew of IT weakness in 2017, a year before data breach
- Landmark White’s stolen data re-appears on dark web
- Landmark White data disaster claims CEO scalp
- LandmarkWhite faces regulator scrutiny over IT response, disclosure
- LandMark White CEO exits after data breach – two directors step down from board
- CBA assures itself of LandMark White’s post-breach infosec
- LandMark White’s data breach just the beginning for cyber criminals
- Security breach strikes parliament’s IT network – all passwords reset
- Political party networks caught up in parliament’s IT breach – but no evidence of electoral interference
- The cyber attack on Parliament was done by a ‘state actor’
- Citrix | Australian parliament hackers gain remote access
- Bunnings exposed staff performance database – individual staffer did unwanted homework
Facebook – January 2019
- Apple Shuts Down Facebook Data Collecting App – Since 2016, Facebook has been asking users to install a “Facebook Research” VPN that lets the company monitor their phone and online activity, according to Tech Crunch
- Apple punishes Facebook over app that paid users to hand over data
- The Apple-Facebook Feud Hits a Breaking Point
- Facebook stored millions of user passwords in plain text – hundreds of millions of users to be notified
- Facebook says up to 111,813 Aussies in last year’s security breach
- Facebook’s lax security has left millions of users with a lot to worry about
- Facebook staff had access to millions of users’ passwords in plain text, violating security practices
Global Hacking Scare – January 2019
- Global hacking scare nets Queensland MP, Surf Life Saving as millions of passwords breached – websites belonging to Queensland’s Deputy Opposition Leader, a real estate business and Surf Life Saving Australia are among thousands of pages caught up in the latest international data breach
SkoolBag – January 2019
Optus – January 2019
Collection #1 – January 2019
- Breach Exposes a Record 773 Million Email Addresses – The massive trove of leaked data, which was posted to a hacking forum, also includes 21,222,975 unique passwords.
- Experts comment on record 772mil-user data breach – Cybersecurity expert and founder of website Have I Been Pwned Troy Hunt broke the news recently that the largest ever database of breached login details have been leaked on the dark web.
- Data leak – Collection #1 is the just the beginning
- Cyber watchdog warns on dark web PS data – The Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) has urged organisations and individuals across the Australian Public Service to check if their email addresses and/or passwords are included on recently released lists of stolen data.
Fisheries Queensland – January 2019
- Fisheries Qld blames bad update for password ‘fault – allowed fisherman to get into any account.
First National Real Estate – January 2019
- Job applicant data exposed online CVs and cover letters published
- Real estate industry provider exposes data
- Data breach exposes personal info of jobseekers
Department of Planning and Environment, NSW Major Projects – January 2019
Victorian Government – January 2019
Marriott Hotel Group / Starwood – January 2019
- Marriott Unsure How Many Hundreds Of Millions Of Guests Got Screwed By Data Breach
- Starwood hack exposed 5.25m unencrypted passport numbers
- Marriott CEO apologises for data breach, vows improvements
Early Warning Network – January 2019
Big W – January 2019
Hawthorn Football Club – January 2019
Nova Entertainment – January 2019
- Nova notifies listeners of data breach – Nova Entertainment has admitted that listeners’ data from the period of May 2009 to October 2011 has been “publicly disclosed”.
- Nova admits to huge data breach
- Nova Admits Listener Info Has Been Leaked
My Health Records – January 2019
- Critics want My Health Record delayed again after recording 42 data breaches this year.
- My Health Record system data reaches rise
- As My Health Record opt-out ends, security concerns continue
Victorian Public Servants – January 2019
- Victorian Public Servants hit by massive data theft – The work details of 30,000 of Victorian public servants were stolen from a government directory in a data breach just days before Christmas.
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