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Aussie Travel Agency Data Leak Puts Thousands of Tourists at Risk
Another day, another misconfigured database that jeopardizes the online security and privacy of unsuspecting tourists worldwide.
January 14, 2024
Hackers Breach TPG Telecoms’ Email Host to Steal Client Data
The TGP telecom giant based in North Ryde, Australia revealed that up to 15,000 iiNet and Westnet business customers have been impacted by the breach.
December 16, 2022
Ransomware Gang Leaks Medibank Data on Dark Web
The leak came just days after Medibank, Australia’s largest health insurer, refused to pay ransom to hackers
November 10, 2022
Australian Defence Force Communications Service Hit by Ransomware Attack
According to Matt Thistlethwaite, assistant minister for defense, there is no evidence to believe that data belonging to serving and retired military personnel have been compromised.
November 1, 2022
Optus Hacker Apologizes to Australians Over Data Breach
The hacker has also decided not to sell the stolen Optus customers’ data to anyone.
September 27, 2022
Data of millions of users exposed in Australia’s 2nd-largest telecom firm breach
Optus has denied any inside job or human error as the cause of the hack.
September 23, 2022
Anonymous Leak 82GB of Police Emails Against Australia’s Offshore Detention
In total, Anonymous leaked 285,635 confidential emails belonging to the Nauru Police Force of the tiny Nauru Island…
May 4, 2022
Avaddon hackers steal SIM card data from Telstra service provider
Hackread.com can confirm that hackers from the Avaddon ransomware gang are claiming to have gained access to “tens of thousands” of SIM cards.
May 4, 2021
Hacker finds ex-Aussie PM’s passport number using his Instagram post
The Prime Minister in the discussion is Tony Abbott whose Instagram post of his boarding pass allowed a hacker to dig deep.
September 16, 2020
Hackers stole 738 GB of data from Australian government agency
Nearly 47 Service NSW staff email accounts were hacked after a ‘criminal attack’ in April, affecting the data of 186,000 customers.
September 7, 2020