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78
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44,801,147+
people affected (where disclosed)
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Thankyou Payroll — Metabase-linked incident
🇳🇿 New Zealand · breach 2026-08 · disclosed 2026-09-10
💳 Finance · Payroll Services
People affected
Not disclosed
Data taken
IRD (tax file) numbers, Home addresses, Bank account details
Regulator
NZ Privacy Commissioner (notified)
Trust tier
Reported
● Disclosed Source: RNZ · View record →
Zenith Technology Corporation Limited — ZenTech
🇳🇿 Dunedin, Otago · breach 2026-08 · disclosed 2026-09-10
🏥 Healthcare · Clinical Research Organisation (Contract Research)
People affected
Not disclosed
Data taken
Reported (unconfirmed): files attributed to ZenTech identified online; ZenTech acknowledged only sample material purported to be company data, Up to 67.1GB of data taken, including files owned by Health NZ and third parties (as described in High Court interim-injunction proceedings, as reported), Some Coroners Court information (Otago/Southland, mostly 2016–2022)
Regulator
None announced (Police investigating)
Trust tier
Reported
● Disclosed Source: 1News · View record →
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Court Services Victoria — online hearings data
🇦🇺 Regional Victoria · breach 2026-07 · disclosed 2026-07-30
🏛️ Government · Courts administration
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
● Disclosed Source: Court Services Victoria · View record →
Partnered Health — national GP clinic network
🇦🇺 Multiple states (national clinic network) · breach 2026-06 · disclosed 2026-07-15
🏥 Healthcare · General Practice
People affected
Not disclosed
Data taken
Names, dates of birth, addresses, contact details, Medicare numbers, Private health insurance / DVA / concession card numbers
Regulator
OAIC (notified)
Trust tier
Reported
● Disclosed Source: Partnered Health · View record →
Ochre Health (Tuggeranong)
🇦🇺 Canberra, ACT · breach 2026-06 · disclosed 2026-06-15
🏥 Healthcare · GP clinic / medical centre
People affected
Not disclosed
Data taken
Unauthorised access limited to two accounts on the HotDoc third-party booking platform (Tuggeranong clinic), Name, address, email, phone number, date of birth, gender and limited appointment/booking information (date and time, practitioner, consult type); no clinical records or treatment notes, Claimed by a threat actor, not confirmed by Ochre: Medicare numbers, DVA numbers and billing information
Regulator
OAIC and ACSC (informed)
Trust tier
Reported
● Disclosed Source: Ochre Health · View record →
Queensland Department of Education
🇦🇺 Queensland · breach 2026-05 · disclosed 2026-05
🏛️ Government · State education department
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
● Disclosed Source: Cyber Daily · View record →
Melbourne International Film Festival
🇦🇺 Melbourne, VIC · breach 2026-05 · disclosed 2026-05
🗂️ Other · Events / ticketing
People affected
26,782+
Data taken
Names, email addresses, phone numbers and residential addresses; MIFF said no credit-card information or account passwords were accessed, and that the dataset does not include purchase history, booking totals or membership details
Regulator
OAIC and ACSC (notified)
Trust tier
Reported
● Disclosed Source: Cyber Daily · View record →
youX
🇦🇺 Australia · breach 2026-02 · disclosed 2026-02
💳 Finance · Consumer / automotive loan brokerage platform
People affected
Not disclosed
Data taken
youX confirmed only that personal information was accessed and downloaded. The attacker claimed the data includes home addresses, income and debt details, government IDs (including about 5,010 driver-licence numbers in a preview), broker-customer SMS, vehicle identifiers, 8,075 employee password hashes and financial-hardship notes (unverified threat-actor claims)
Regulator
OAIC and National Office of Cyber Security (reviews closed per youX, Apr 2026)
Trust tier
Reported
● Disclosed Source: Information Age (ACS) · View record →
Langley Twigg — Napier law firm
🇳🇿 Napier, Hawke's Bay · breach 2026-01-11 · disclosed 2026-01
⚖️ Legal · Law firm
People affected
Not disclosed
Data taken
Some client documents, Passport scans (employee & client), as reported from material the group published, Internal firm information
Regulator
NZ Privacy Commissioner (notified)
Trust tier
Reported
● Disclosed Source: Lawyers Weekly · View record →
Prosura
🇦🇺 · breach 2026-01 · disclosed 2026-01
💳 Insurance · Rental-car / travel insurance
People affected
Not disclosed
Data taken
Personal and policy information that Prosura said may have been involved: contact details, travel destinations, billing/pricing information and policy dates (initial assessment), Claim data that Prosura said may have been compromised, including driver's licences and related images
Regulator
OAIC and ACSC (notified)
Trust tier
Reported
● Disclosed Source: Cyber Daily · View record →
Neighbourly
🇳🇿 New Zealand · breach 2025-12 · disclosed 2026-01
🖥️ Technology · Community social network
People affected
Not disclosed
Data taken
Names, email addresses, GPS coordinates, some phone numbers, public forum posts and direct member messages; login details reportedly not included
Regulator
NZ Privacy Commissioner (notified)
Trust tier
Reported
● Disclosed Source: RNZ · View record →
Manage My Health
🇳🇿 New Zealand · breach 2025-12 · disclosed 2025-12
🏥 Healthcare · Patient portal
People affected
100,000 (approx)
Data taken
Patient health records and personal information
Regulator
NZ Privacy Commissioner (inquiry concluded; compliance notices issued)
Trust tier
Confirmed
● Regulator action taken Source: Office of the Privacy Commissioner · View record →
University of Sydney
🇦🇺 Sydney, NSW · breach 2025-12 · disclosed 2025-12
🎓 Education
People affected
27,500 (approx)
Data taken
Current and former staff and affiliates: names, dates of birth, phone numbers, home addresses, job titles and employment dates, Alumni and students from 2010–2019 datasets
Regulator
NSW Privacy Commissioner (IPC NSW) (notified); ACSC, TEQSA and National Student Ombudsman also notified
Trust tier
Reported
● Disclosed Source: The University of Sydney · View record →
Victorian Department of Education
🇦🇺 Victoria · breach 2025-11 · disclosed 2026-01
🏛️ Government · State schools
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
● Regulator action taken Source: BleepingComputer · View record →
iiNet (TPG Telecom)
🇦🇺 Australia · breach 2025-08 · disclosed 2025-08
📡 Telco
People affected
280,000 (approx)
Data taken
Around 280,000 active iiNet email addresses and around 20,000 active landline numbers extracted; around 10,000 usernames, street addresses and phone numbers, and around 1,700 modem set-up passwords, accessed. TPG said no ID documents or card/bank details were held in the system
Regulator
OAIC (notified)
Trust tier
Reported
● Disclosed Source: The Register · View record →
Metricon Homes
🇦🇺 Australia · breach 2025-07 · disclosed 2025-07
🗂️ Other · Construction / home building
People affected
Not disclosed
Data taken
Not confirmed by Metricon. The Qilin ransomware group claimed to have stolen employee details, finance/HR documents and credit-card receipts (an unverified threat-actor claim)
Regulator
OAIC and ACSC (notified)
Trust tier
Reported
● Disclosed Source: Cyber Daily · View record →
Qantas
🇦🇺 Sydney, NSW (AU; NZ regulator also notified) · breach 2025-06-28 · disclosed 2025-07-02
🗂️ Other · Aviation
People affected
5,700,000 (approx)
Data taken
About 4 million records: names, phone numbers, email addresses and Frequent Flyer details, About 1.7 million of those records also included one or more of address, date of birth, gender and meal preferences, Passwords and PINs not compromised
Regulator
OAIC (preliminary inquiries closed; no regulatory action)
Trust tier
Confirmed
● Disclosed Source: Qantas · View record →
Sydney Tools
🇦🇺 Sydney, NSW · breach 2025-03 · disclosed 2025-03
🛍️ Retail
People affected
Not disclosed
Data taken
Details of 34M+ online orders, Records of 5,000+ current and former employees
Regulator
None reported
Trust tier
Reported
● Disclosed Source: Cybernews · View record →
Australian superannuation funds (coordinated attack)
🇦🇺 Australia · breach 2025-03 · disclosed 2025-04
💳 Finance · Superannuation
People affected
Not disclosed
Data taken
Member account access via credential stuffing. Per-fund figures as reported: Rest said about 8,000 members may have had personal information accessed (~20,000 accounts affected); AustralianSuper said up to 600 members' passwords were used; Insignia ~100 accounts; ART 'several hundreds', Funds withdrawn: SBS News reported it understands four AustralianSuper members lost a combined ~A$500,000 (not confirmed by the fund)
Regulator
ASIC / APRA (engaged)
Trust tier
Reported
● Disclosed Source: SBS News · View record →
The Fullerton Hotel Sydney
🇦🇺 Sydney, NSW · breach 2025-03 · disclosed 2025-04
🗂️ Other · Hospitality / hotels
People affected
Not disclosed
Data taken
Employee records and the credit-card details of a small number of guests, Attacker claim (Akira ransomware group): more than 148 GB including driver licences, passports, other employee and customer documents, financial data, NDAs and contracts
Regulator
OAIC (notified)
Trust tier
Reported
● Disclosed Source: Cyber Daily · View record →
Australian Human Rights Commission
🇦🇺 Australia · breach 2025-03 · disclosed 2025-05
🏛️ Government · Federal statutory agency
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
● Disclosed Source: Australian Human Rights Commission · View record →
Genea Fertility
🇦🇺 Sydney, NSW · breach 2025-01 · disclosed 2025-02
🏥 Healthcare · IVF / fertility
People affected
Not disclosed
Data taken
Full names, addresses, phone numbers, dates of birth, Medicare card numbers, medical diagnoses and clinical data (per Genea's patient notifications, July 2025, as reported); data published externally
Regulator
OAIC (representative complaint lodged Nov 2025)
Trust tier
Reported
● Disclosed Source: TechCrunch · View record →
Health New Zealand — Te Whatu Ora (staff data)
🇳🇿 Central region (Capital, Coast & Hutt Valley; Wairarapa) · breach 2024-10 · disclosed 2025-03
🏥 Healthcare · Public health system (staff data)
People affected
Not disclosed
Data taken
Staff occupational health and safety information, including medical assessments and health-related correspondence (2020–2024)
Regulator
NZ Privacy Commissioner (notified); NZ Police Cybercrime Unit investigating
Trust tier
Reported
● Disclosed Source: RNZ · View record →
Finsure
🇦🇺 Sydney, NSW · breach 2024-10 · disclosed 2024-11
💳 Finance · Mortgage aggregator
People affected
Not disclosed
Data taken
Names, email addresses, phone numbers and physical addresses (marketing data held on a third-party platform)
Regulator
None reported
Trust tier
Reported
● Disclosed Source: The Adviser · View record →
Total Tools
🇦🇺 Australia · breach 2024-09 · disclosed 2024-09
🛍️ Retail · Hardware / tools retailer
People affected
38,000 (approx)
Data taken
Per the company, the data 'may include' names, account email addresses, account passwords, mobile numbers, delivery addresses and credit-card details
Regulator
OAIC and ACSC (notified)
Trust tier
Reported
● Disclosed Source: Cyber Daily · View record →
I-MED Radiology Network
🇦🇺 Australia · breach 2024-09 · disclosed 2024-09
🏥 Healthcare · Medical imaging
People affected
Not disclosed
Data taken
Patient names, dates of birth, sex, addresses, scan type and date, referring physician, and some medical reports and scan images (as reported; 'tens of thousands of patients' is a media estimate). I-MED said its preliminary investigation did not indicate significant unusual access to patient records
Regulator
OAIC (notified, per I-MED)
Trust tier
Reported
● Disclosed Source: Crikey · View record →
Compass Group (Australia)
🇦🇺 Australia · breach 2024-09 · disclosed 2024-09
🗂️ Other · Catering & support services
People affected
Not disclosed
Data taken
Some data taken from part of the IT network (the company said; data types not confirmed), The Medusa group claimed the data includes employee wage declarations and passport and driver's licence scans (possibly of contractors)
Regulator
OAIC and ACSC (notified)
Trust tier
Reported
● Disclosed Source: Cyber Daily · View record →
Squirrel
🇳🇿 New Zealand · breach 2024-07 · disclosed 2024-07
💳 Finance · Mortgage broking / peer-to-peer lending
People affected
600 (approx)
Data taken
Name, date of birth, and passport or driver-licence ID numbers (held by a third-party ID-verification onboarding system); Squirrel said photos of IDs, usernames, passwords and bank account details were not compromised
Regulator
NZ Privacy Commissioner (notified)
Trust tier
Reported
● Disclosed Source: RNZ · View record →
Competenz
🇳🇿 New Zealand · breach 2024-06 · disclosed 2024-08
🎓 Education · Vocational education / industry training
People affected
Not disclosed
Data taken
Names, contact details, dates of birth, copies of identity documents (passports, birth certificates, driver licences, citizenship/residence/visa documents) and financial information including card and bank account numbers
Regulator
NZ Privacy Commissioner and NCSC (notified)
Trust tier
Reported
● Disclosed Source: Competenz · View record →
Outabox (NSW clubs & pubs)
🇦🇺 New South Wales · breach 2024-05 · disclosed 2024-05
🖥️ Technology · Venue sign-in / facial-recognition vendor
People affected
Not disclosed
Data taken
Facial-recognition biometrics and driver licence scans (claimed by the leak site; unverified), Signatures, home addresses and dates of birth (claimed by the leak site; unverified), Club membership and gaming-machine usage data (claimed by the leak site; unverified)
Regulator
None reported (NSW Police investigating; OAIC involvement not sourced)
Trust tier
Reported
● Under investigation Source: ACS Information Age · View record →
Ticketmaster
🇦🇺 Global (Australians who bought North American event tickets) · breach 2024-04 · disclosed 2024-06
🛍️ Retail · Ticketing
People affected
Not disclosed
Data taken
Names, contact details and, per Ticketmaster's notification, encrypted card numbers and expiry dates (scope for Australian customers not confirmed; ID Support NSW said payment information was not believed to be affected)
Regulator
None confirmed in cited sources
Trust tier
Reported
● Disclosed Source: Ticketmaster · View record →
MediSecure
🇦🇺 Melbourne, VIC · breach 2024-04 · disclosed 2024-05
🏥 Healthcare · e-Prescriptions
People affected
12,900,000 (approx)
Data taken
Names, dates of birth, contact details, healthcare identifiers, Medicare and concession card numbers, medication details and reasons for prescription (~6.5TB of data)
Regulator
OAIC (inquiries closed; no investigation)
Trust tier
Confirmed
● Disclosed Source: OAIC · View record →
Firstmac
🇦🇺 Brisbane, QLD · breach 2024-04 · disclosed 2024-05
💳 Finance · Non-bank lender
People affected
Not disclosed
Data taken
Name, date of birth, address, email and phone number, External bank account details (BSB and account number) and driver licence number
Regulator
Not specified (relevant authorities engaged)
Trust tier
Reported
● Disclosed Source: Bitdefender · View record →
MediaWorks
🇳🇿 Auckland · breach 2024-03 · disclosed 2024-03
🗂️ Other · Media / broadcasting
People affected
403,000 (approx)
Data taken
Name, date of birth, gender, postal address/postcode, email and phone number; in some cases images or videos submitted with competition entries. MediaWorks said no passwords, ID documents or financial data were involved
Regulator
NZ Privacy Commissioner (notified)
Trust tier
Reported
● Disclosed Source: RNZ · View record →
ZircoDATA
🇦🇺 Victoria · breach 2024-02 · disclosed 2024-02
🖥️ Technology · Records-management supplier
People affected
Not disclosed
Data taken
Home Affairs Free Translating Service client data: full names, dates of birth, mobile and email; visa, driver-licence and passport data (confirmed by the affected client organisation, not ZircoDATA), Archived Monash Health records from its family-violence and sexual-assault support units, 1970–1993 (confirmed by the affected client organisation, not ZircoDATA), Melbourne Polytechnic: about 60,000 students' low-risk identity attributes
Regulator
OAIC and ACSC (notified); OVIC for Victorian public-sector clients
Trust tier
Reported
● Disclosed Source: Cyber Daily · View record →
Early Settler
🇦🇺 Australia (NZ customers also affected) · breach 2024 · disclosed 2024-08
🛍️ Retail · Furniture / homewares
People affected
Not disclosed
Data taken
Full names, emails, phone numbers, delivery addresses and some dates of birth; the company said no payment-card data was stored or exposed
Regulator
OAIC, ACSC, NZ Privacy Commissioner and CERT NZ (company said it was notifying)
Trust tier
Reported
● Disclosed Source: Cyber Daily · View record →
Nissan Oceania
🇦🇺 Australia & New Zealand · breach 2023-12-05 · disclosed 2024-03
🗂️ Other · Automotive & finance
People affected
100,000 (approx)
Data taken
Government ID for up to ~10% of those affected (approx. 4,000 Medicare cards, 7,500 driver licences, 220 passports, 1,300 tax file numbers); for ~90%, other personal information such as loan transaction statements, employment/salary details and dates of birth
Regulator
None confirmed in cited sources
Trust tier
Reported
● Disclosed Source: ID Support NSW (NSW Government) · View record →
Court Services Victoria
🇦🇺 Victoria · breach 2023-12 · disclosed 2024-01
🏛️ Government · Courts administration
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
● Disclosed Source: Court Services Victoria · View record →
Health New Zealand (Te Whatu Ora)
🇳🇿 New Zealand · breach 2023-11 · disclosed 2023-12
🏥 Healthcare · Public health system
People affected
12,000 (approx)
Data taken
Personal information of COVID-19 vaccinators (file posted on a US-based blog); altered/anonymised vaccination data published overseas, from which a small number of vaccinated people could potentially be identified
Regulator
NZ Privacy Commissioner (notified)
Trust tier
Reported
● Disclosed Source: Health New Zealand — Te Whatu Ora · View record →
National Disability Insurance Agency
🇦🇺 Australia · breach 2023-11 · disclosed 2023-11
🏛️ Government · Federal disability agency
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
● Resolved Source: NDIA · View record →
DP World Australia
🇦🇺 Australia (national ports) · breach 2023-11 · disclosed 2023-11
🗂️ Other · Port & logistics operator
People affected
Not disclosed
Data taken
Personal information of current and former employees
Regulator
OAIC (notified)
Trust tier
Reported
● Disclosed Source: DP World Australia · View record →
Pizza Hut Australia
🇦🇺 Australia · breach 2023-09 · disclosed 2023-09
🛍️ Retail · Hospitality
People affected
193,000 (approx)
Data taken
Names, delivery addresses and delivery instructions, email addresses and phone numbers; for online accounts, masked (not full) credit-card data and one-way-encrypted passwords
Regulator
OAIC (notified)
Trust tier
Reported
● Disclosed Source: BleepingComputer · View record →
TissuPath
🇦🇺 Melbourne, VIC · breach 2023-08 · disclosed 2023-09
🏥 Healthcare · Anatomical pathology
People affected
Not disclosed
Data taken
Names, dates of birth, gender, contact details, Medicare numbers, private health insurance details and referring-doctor details on scanned pathology referrals issued 2011–2020 (referrals relating to patients undergoing cancer checks); TissuPath said billing information and its patient-diagnosis database were not compromised
Regulator
OAIC and ACSC (notified)
Trust tier
Reported
● Disclosed Source: Cyber Daily · View record →
Western Sydney University
🇦🇺 Sydney, NSW · breach 2023-07 · disclosed 2024-07
🎓 Education
People affected
Not disclosed
Data taken
Contact details, date of birth, student/staff ID, nationality/citizenship, gender, ethnicity, employment/payroll information, bank account details, tax file numbers, driver licence/passport details, visa information, complaint, health/disability and legal information (per the Oct 2025 statement)
Regulator
IPC NSW (notified)
Trust tier
Reported
● Disclosed Source: Western Sydney University · View record →
Dymocks
🇦🇺 Sydney, NSW · breach 2023-06 · disclosed 2023-09
🛍️ Retail
People affected
836,120 (approx)
Data taken
Names, dates of birth, email and postal addresses, phone numbers, gender and membership details; Dymocks said it does not store financial data
Regulator
OAIC (representative complaint accepted 28 May 2024)
Trust tier
Confirmed
● Under investigation Source: BleepingComputer · View record →
HWL Ebsworth
🇦🇺 National (Australia) · breach 2023-04 · disclosed 2023-06
⚖️ Legal
People affected
Not disclosed
Data taken
Legal and government client documents; personal information of individuals, Data linked to 65 Australian Government entities (per the National Cyber Security Coordinator)
Regulator
OAIC (investigation opened Feb 2024)
Trust tier
Confirmed
● Under investigation Source: HWL Ebsworth · View record →
Tasmanian Department for Education, Children and Young People
🇦🇺 Tasmania · breach 2023-03 · disclosed 2023-04
🏛️ Government · State education department (GoAnywhere / Cl0p breach)
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
● Disclosed Source: iTnews · View record →
Latitude Financial
🇦🇺 Melbourne, VIC (AU + NZ operations) · breach 2023-03 · disclosed 2023-03
💳 Finance
People affected
Not disclosed
Data taken
Driver licence numbers (~7.9M across AU & NZ), Passport numbers (~53,000), Financial statements of fewer than 100 customers
Regulator
OAIC + NZ Privacy Commissioner (joint)
Trust tier
Confirmed
● Under investigation Source: OAIC · View record →
Queensland University of Technology
🇦🇺 Brisbane, QLD · breach 2022-12 · disclosed 2022-12
🎓 Education · University
People affected
11,405
Data taken
Personal information in files on an internal storage drive, including bank account numbers and, for 3,820 people, tax file numbers; affected people were mostly current and former staff. QUT said its HR, student and financial systems were not accessed
Regulator
Relevant Queensland and federal authorities notified
Trust tier
Reported
● Disclosed Source: Queensland University of Technology · View record →
Mercury IT
🇳🇿 Wellington · breach 2022-11 · disclosed 2022-12
🖥️ Technology · Managed IT / MSP
People affected
Not disclosed
Data taken
Ministry of Justice: ~14,500 coronial files on the transport of deceased people (Nov 2018–Nov 2022) and ~4,000 post-mortem reports (Mar 2020–Nov 2022), Te Whatu Ora: ~8,500 Middlemore bereavement records, ~5,500 cardiac/inherited-disease registry records, and records of six health regulatory boards (access blocked; no evidence at the time that they were downloaded)
Regulator
NZ Privacy Commissioner (compliance investigation commenced Dec 2022)
Trust tier
Confirmed
● Under investigation Source: Office of the Privacy Commissioner · View record →
Woolworths MyDeal
🇦🇺 Melbourne, VIC · breach 2022-10 · disclosed 2022-10
🛍️ Retail
People affected
2,200,000 (approx)
Data taken
Names, email addresses, phone numbers and delivery addresses; about 1.2 million of the ~2.2 million affected customers had only their email address exposed, Dates of birth
Regulator
OAIC (notified)
Trust tier
Reported
● Disclosed Source: Internet Retailing · View record →
Harcourts Melbourne City
🇦🇺 Melbourne, VIC · breach 2022-10 · disclosed 2022-11
🗂️ Other · Real estate
People affected
Not disclosed
Data taken
Names, addresses, bank details and signatures, Photo identification of prospective renters
Regulator
OAIC (notified)
Trust tier
Reported
● Disclosed Source: InnovationAus · View record →
Pinnacle Midlands Health Network
🇳🇿 Hamilton, Waikato · breach 2022-09-28 · disclosed 2022-10-04
🏥 Healthcare · Primary care / GP network
People affected
Not disclosed
Data taken
Patient addresses and National Health Index (NHI) numbers, Immunisation and screening status, and data about services provided
Regulator
NZ Privacy Commissioner (notified)
Trust tier
Reported
● Disclosed Source: RNZ · View record →
Vinomofo
🇦🇺 Australia · breach 2022-09-25 · disclosed 2022-10
🛍️ Retail · Online wine retailer
People affected
928,760 (approx)
Data taken
Names, gender, dates of birth, contact information and some financial information (per the OAIC; reported as sales and invoice histories). Vinomofo says no passwords, ID documents or card/bank details were involved
Regulator
OAIC — Privacy Commissioner determination (breach of APP 11.1)
Trust tier
Confirmed
● Resolved Source: OAIC · View record →
Optus
🇦🇺 Sydney, NSW · breach 2022-09 · disclosed 2022-09
📡 Telco
People affected
9,500,000 (approx)
Data taken
Names, dates of birth, phone numbers, email addresses, home addresses, Driver licence, passport and Medicare numbers, birth/marriage certificate details and armed forces/police ID (subset of customers)
Regulator
OAIC
Trust tier
Confirmed
● Before the courts Source: OAIC · View record →
Medibank
🇦🇺 Melbourne, VIC · breach 2022-08 · disclosed 2022-10
💳 Insurance · Health insurance
People affected
9,700,000 (approx)
Data taken
Names, dates of birth, gender, Medicare numbers, addresses, email addresses, phone numbers and visa details (as described by the OAIC), Health claims data (subset of customers, as described by the OAIC)
Regulator
OAIC
Trust tier
Confirmed
● Before the courts Source: OAIC · View record →
Deakin University
🇦🇺 Victoria · breach 2022-07 · disclosed 2022-07
🎓 Education · University
People affected
46,980
Data taken
Names, student ID numbers, mobile numbers, university email addresses and recent unit results; 9,997 people then received scam SMS messages
Regulator
OVIC (Deakin said it would notify)
Trust tier
Reported
● Disclosed Source: iTnews · View record →
CTARS (NDIS client-management provider)
🇦🇺 Australia · breach 2022-05-15 · disclosed 2022-05
🏥 Healthcare · Disability / NDIS case-management software (third-party provider)
People affected
Not disclosed
Data taken
Names, dates of birth, addresses, phone numbers, emails, usernames/passwords and genders, Sensitive health and disability data
Regulator
OAIC and ACSC (notified)
Trust tier
Reported
● Disclosed Source: Information Age (ACS) · View record →
Australian Clinical Labs — Medlab Pathology
🇦🇺 Sydney, NSW · breach 2022-02 · disclosed 2022-10-27
🏥 Healthcare · Pathology
People affected
223,000+
Data taken
Personal information including contact details, health information and credit card/payment details, Medicare card numbers, Medical & pathology results
Regulator
OAIC
Penalty
AUD 5.8M
● Penalty issued Source: OAIC · View record →
Telstra (unlisted-number disclosure)
🇦🇺 Australia · breach 2022 · disclosed 2022-12
📡 Telco · Telecommunications
People affected
132,000 (approx)
Data taken
Names, addresses and phone numbers of customers who had paid for unlisted (silent) numbers
Regulator
ACMA (remedial direction)
Trust tier
Confirmed
● Regulator action taken Source: ACMA · View record →
South Australian Government (Frontier Software)
🇦🇺 Adelaide, SA · breach 2021-11 · disclosed 2021-12
🏛️ Government · State government payroll (third-party provider)
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
● Disclosed Source: BleepingComputer · View record →
AA Traveller
🇳🇿 New Zealand · breach 2021-08 · disclosed 2022-05
🗂️ Other · Travel / tourism
People affected
Not disclosed
Data taken
Names, addresses and contact details (phone/email), For older records, expired credit-card numbers held on a legacy system
Regulator
NZ Privacy Commissioner (notified)
Trust tier
Reported
● Disclosed Source: RNZ · View record →
Waikato DHB (Te Whatu Ora Waikato)
🇳🇿 Hamilton, Waikato · breach 2021-05-18 · disclosed 2021-05
🏥 Healthcare · Public hospital
People affected
Not disclosed
Data taken
Patient and staff personal and health information (leaked to media / dark web)
Regulator
NZ Privacy Commissioner
Trust tier
Confirmed
● Disclosed Source: Te Whatu Ora · View record →
Air New Zealand — Airpoints
🇳🇿 Auckland · breach 2021-02 · disclosed 2021-03
🗂️ Other · Aviation / loyalty programme
People affected
Not disclosed
Data taken
Names, tier status and Airpoints membership numbers (not passwords, card details, itineraries, passport numbers or contact details)
Regulator
None reported
Trust tier
Reported
● Disclosed Source: RNZ · View record →
Transport for NSW
🇦🇺 New South Wales · breach 2021-01 · disclosed 2021-02
🏛️ Government · Transport agency (Accellion breach)
People affected
Not disclosed
Data taken
Driver-licence information, names, email and residential addresses and contact numbers
Regulator
Cyber Security NSW
Trust tier
Reported
● Disclosed Source: Transport for NSW · View record →
Reserve Bank of New Zealand (Accellion FTA)
🇳🇿 Wellington · breach 2020-12 · disclosed 2021-01
🏛️ Government · Central bank
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
● Resolved Source: Reserve Bank of New Zealand · View record →
NSW Health
🇦🇺 New South Wales · breach 2020-12 · disclosed 2021-06-04
🏥 Healthcare · State health department (Accellion breach)
People affected
Not disclosed
Data taken
Identity information and, in some cases, health-related personal information contained in files accessed; NSW Health said medical-records systems were not affected
Regulator
None reported
Trust tier
Reported
● Disclosed Source: NSW Health · View record →
Ambulance Tasmania
🇦🇺 Tasmania · breach 2020-11 · disclosed 2021-01
🏥 Healthcare · State ambulance service
People affected
Not disclosed
Data taken
Incident addresses, age, gender and the medical condition or nature of the callout
Regulator
None reported
Trust tier
Reported
● Disclosed Source: The Examiner · View record →
Toll Group
🇦🇺 Melbourne, VIC · breach 2020-05 · disclosed 2020-05
🗂️ Other · Transport & logistics
People affected
Not disclosed
Data taken
Personal information of past and present employees, Details of commercial agreements with current and former enterprise customers
Regulator
None reported
Trust tier
Reported
● Disclosed Source: iTnews · View record →
Service NSW
🇦🇺 New South Wales · breach 2020-03 · disclosed 2020-05-14
🏛️ Government
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
● Disclosed Source: Service NSW · View record →
Regis Healthcare
🇦🇺 Australia · breach 2020 · disclosed 2020-08-03
🏥 Healthcare · Aged care
People affected
Not disclosed
Data taken
Personal data copied and in part published; reporting referenced residential care and accommodation agreements and resident information
Regulator
OAIC and ACSC (notified)
Trust tier
Reported
● Disclosed Source: iTnews · View record →
ProctorU
🇦🇺 Australian universities (US-based global platform) · breach 2020 · disclosed 2020-08
🎓 Education · EdTech
People affected
Not disclosed
Data taken
Names, email and home addresses, and hashed (bcrypt) passwords
Regulator
None reported
Trust tier
Reported
● Disclosed Source: Honi Soit · View record →
P&N Bank
🇦🇺 Perth, WA · breach 2019-12 · disclosed 2020-01
💳 Finance · Customer-owned bank
People affected
100,000 (approx)
Data taken
Names, addresses, email addresses, age, customer and account numbers, and account balances; the bank said its core banking system (passwords, card details) was isolated from the affected CRM, and that the CRM did not hold driver licence, passport or tax file numbers, or dates of birth
Regulator
WA Police / federal authorities
Trust tier
Reported
● Disclosed Source: BleepingComputer · View record →
Tū Ora Compass Health
🇳🇿 Wellington region · breach 2019-08 · disclosed 2019-10-04
🏥 Healthcare · Primary health organisation
People affected
1,000,000 (approx)
Data taken
Potentially exposed: enrolment details, NHI numbers, names, dates of birth, ethnicity, addresses, and some immunisation, diabetes, vaccination and screening information (no GP notes)
Regulator
NZ Privacy Commissioner (notified)
Trust tier
Reported
● Disclosed Source: Cyber Security Hub · View record →
Canva
🇦🇺 Sydney, NSW · breach 2019-05 · disclosed 2019-05-24
🖥️ Technology
People affected
Not disclosed
Data taken
Usernames, names, email addresses and city/country; bcrypt-hashed passwords for a subset of users (~61M reported)
Regulator
None reported
Trust tier
Reported
● Disclosed Source: UpGuard · View record →
LandMark White
🇦🇺 Sydney, NSW · breach 2019-01 · disclosed 2019-02
💳 Finance · Property valuation
People affected
Not disclosed
Data taken
Property-valuation records containing borrowers' and owners' personal contact details; about 137,500 valuation records exposed and later leaked on a dark-web forum
Regulator
None reported (criminal charges by NSW Police)
Trust tier
Reported
● Before the courts Source: iTnews · View record →
Australian National University
🇦🇺 Canberra, ACT · breach 2018-11 · disclosed 2019-06
🎓 Education
People affected
200,000 (approx)
Data taken
Names, home addresses, dates of birth, phone numbers, personal emails, emergency contacts, tax file numbers, passport details, payroll and bank account details (per ANU's June 2019 disclosure as reported); credit card, medical and research data not affected
Regulator
None reported (public incident report)
Trust tier
Reported
● Disclosed Source: Australian National University · View record →
PageUp
🇦🇺 Melbourne, VIC · breach 2018-05 · disclosed 2018-06
🖥️ Technology · HR / recruitment SaaS
People affected
Not disclosed
Data taken
Job-applicant personal details and reference contact information, and PageUp employee usernames/passwords (hashed and salted); PageUp said tax file numbers and financial/bank details were not affected
Regulator
OAIC and ACSC / CERT Australia (notified)
Trust tier
Reported
● Disclosed Source: Information Age (ACS) · View record →
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