Data Breach Australia 2024. In a troubling start to the year, several prominent australian companies have fallen victim to a series of cyber attacks, resulting in widespread data breaches. The department of primary industries and regional development western australia (dpird wa) has been made aware of a data breach involving the dpird new south wales.
Sweeping changes to be introduced before parliament in august 2024 1 aim to enhance the protection of personal information, increase transparency, and hold organisations. About 12.9 million australians had their data stolen in the medisecure hack earlier this year, the escripts provider has revealed, placing it among the largest cyber breaches in.