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11 records in the government sector across New Zealand and Australia.

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Court Services Victoria — online hearings data
🇦🇺 Regional Victoria · breach 2026-07
● Disclosed
People affected
Not disclosed
Data taken
Information used to link participants to online hearings, 2022–2026
Regulator
Not named (CSV says all relevant authorities were notified)
Trust tier
Reported
Source: Court Services Victoria · View record →
Queensland Department of Education
🇦🇺 Queensland · breach 2026-05
● Disclosed
People affected
Not disclosed
Data taken
Names, email addresses and school locations (per the Education Minister, who said there was no evidence passwords, dates of birth or financial information were accessed), Names, email addresses, student ID numbers and messages among users (per Instructure, as reported)
Regulator
None reported
Trust tier
Reported
Source: Cyber Daily · View record →
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Victorian Department of Education
🇦🇺 Victoria · breach 2025-11
● Regulator action taken
People affected
Not disclosed
Data taken
Names, school-issued email addresses, encrypted passwords, school names and year levels of current and former students; the Department said dates of birth, home addresses and phone numbers were not exposed
Regulator
OVIC (Victorian privacy regulator; investigation opened 22 Jan 2026)
Trust tier
Confirmed
Source: BleepingComputer · View record →
Australian Human Rights Commission
🇦🇺 Australia · breach 2025-03
● Disclosed
People affected
Not disclosed
Data taken
Full names, email and residential addresses, mobile numbers, employer/role, and in some cases health information, schooling, religion and photographs
Regulator
OAIC (notified)
Trust tier
Reported
Source: Australian Human Rights Commission · View record →
Court Services Victoria
🇦🇺 Victoria · breach 2023-12
● Disclosed
People affected
Not disclosed
Data taken
Audio-visual recordings of court hearings (1 Nov to 21 Dec 2023, with some earlier) stored on the in-court AV network
Regulator
None reported
Trust tier
Reported
Source: Court Services Victoria · View record →
National Disability Insurance Agency
🇦🇺 Australia · breach 2023-11
● Resolved
People affected
Not disclosed
Data taken
Full name, date of birth, gender and address/postcode of NDIS participants (some of whom were minors at the time)
Regulator
None reported (investigated by the NDIA-led Fraud Fusion Taskforce; prosecuted in the NSW District Court, Parramatta)
Trust tier
Reported
Source: NDIA · View record →
Tasmanian Department for Education, Children and Young People
🇦🇺 Tasmania · breach 2023-03
● Disclosed
People affected
Not disclosed
Data taken
Names, addresses, invoices and bank account numbers, Children's names, homerooms and year levels; dates of birth for some TasTAFE students
Regulator
None reported
Trust tier
Reported
Source: iTnews · View record →
South Australian Government (Frontier Software)
🇦🇺 Adelaide, SA · breach 2021-11
● Disclosed
People affected
38,000+
Data taken
Name, date of birth and home address, Tax file number and bank account details, Remuneration, tax withheld and superannuation details
Regulator
South Australian Government (OAIC involvement not sourced)
Trust tier
Reported
Source: BleepingComputer · View record →
Transport for NSW
🇦🇺 New South Wales · breach 2021-01
● Disclosed
People affected
Not disclosed
Data taken
Driver-licence information, names, email and residential addresses and contact numbers
Regulator
Cyber Security NSW
Trust tier
Reported
Source: Transport for NSW · View record →
Reserve Bank of New Zealand (Accellion FTA)
🇳🇿 Wellington · breach 2020-12
● Resolved
People affected
Not disclosed
Data taken
Commercially and personally sensitive information held in a third-party file-transfer service
Regulator
NZ Privacy Commissioner (compliance notice issued Sept 2021; closed Sept 2022)
Trust tier
Confirmed
Source: Reserve Bank of New Zealand · View record →
Service NSW
🇦🇺 New South Wales · breach 2020-03
● Disclosed
People affected
104,000 (approx)
Data taken
Personal information contained in 47 staff email accounts (~730 GB, ~3.8M documents)
Regulator
IPC NSW (informed); NSW Audit Office performance audit (Dec 2020)
Trust tier
Reported
Source: Service NSW · View record →
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