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2021_011

A transportation authority is hit by a supply chain data leak. 47 email accounts were compromised [...]

Day	Month	Year	Country	Activity	Incident Type
23	February	2021	Australia	Organisation	Data leak

Summary

A transportation authority is hit by a supply chain data leak. 47 email accounts were compromised and 730GB of data - 3.8 million documents on 186 000 customers were exfiltrated.

Victim

N/A

Claimed/Reported Threat Actor

N/A

Origin

Cybercrime

Main impact

Confidentiality

References

https://www.service.nsw.gov.au/system/files/2021-05/snsw-data-breach-post-incident-report.pdf

Recommendations to Organisation to reduce Data leak risks:

Ensure data encryption measures are in place to protect sensitive information.
Implement access controls to limit data access to authorized personnel only.
Regularly audit and monitor data access and transmission for potential leaks, for instance via Security Operation Center services.
Check and test all communication and customers and third parties-focused plans.

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