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Victoria becomes the first state to hook into MyGov

By Paris Cowan

What it takes to do a deal between governments.

Contractor behind Australia's biggest-ever data breach revealed

By Allie Coyne

Exclusive: How human error exposed 550,000 donors.

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Australia's biggest data breach sees 1.3m records leaked

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Contractor behind Australia's biggest-ever data breach revealed

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What's on Social Media

 
 

antscholefield

Antony Scholefield

@antscholefield

Just read on @iTnews_au contractor in Red Cross data leak was Precedent. List of clients includes #AHPRA and WA health dept... #technews

 

swearyanthony

Anthony B,

@swearyanthony

Huh not IBM for once https://t.co/bOsMq3fXC2

 

joshlemon

Josh Lemon

@joshlemon

Human error results in a leak of 1.3 million Australia Red Cross records on a public accessible web server. #infosec https://t.co/HdHcU2SKz2

 

colfai

Colin Fairweather

@colfai

This isn't great news - will be hard to rebuild trust https://t.co/Gok4wihPB4 #data #security

 

christopherneal

christopherneal

@christopherneal

Bad things happen, it's how you responds that counts. Only your customer can assess their risk- be honest with them https://t.co/IcLnQQq0jh

 

jdub

Jeff Waaađź‘»uuugh

@jdub

Putting database backups on a web site for temporary access is an easy shortcut to rationalise, but the consequences can be devastating…

 

NewtonMark

Mark Newton

@NewtonMark

1. Don't collect data unless you need it. 2. When your need for data has lapsed, delete it. 3. If you need it again, collect it again.

 

troyhunt

Troy Hunt

@troyhunt

Also, @AusCERT was absolutely outstanding in handling this. I hope details can be shared later, this should be a blueprint for everyone.

 

AusCERT

AusCERT

@AusCERT

Thank you @troyhunt, we never like to see bad #cyber things so this should remind everyone to KNOW YOUR ASSETS and protect them

 

KetanJ0

Ketan Joshi

@KetanJ0

Should go w/out saying, but note that RC have resolved the breach, been open about it, and you should keep donating… https://t.co/IDhp3upgtk

 
 
 
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