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Mark Latham … the gift that keeps on giving.

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Mark Latham … the gift that keeps on giving.

It's great hearing about his sex life.

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Mark Latham … the gift that keeps on giving.

It's great hearing about his sex life.

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Way to go Clive!

Is a billionaire who spends tens of millions of dollars to win no seats at elections, but doesn’t stump up a few shekels on cyber security measures to keep data safe.

https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal ... 5mfvz.html

Clive Palmer’s political parties hacked in major breach

Clive Palmer’s political party has been hacked in a ransomware cyberattack that the organisation fears has led to the theft of its emails, documents, and electronic records, threatening the personal data of all those who have been in contact with it.

In a statement published to the United Australia Party and Trumpet of Patriots websites yesterday, the parties revealed that on June 23 there had been “unauthorised access to our servers resulting in access to, and the possible exfiltration of, certain data records”.

According to the parties’ statement, the leak may “potentially include all emails to and from the political parties (including their attachments) and documents and records created and or held electronically by the political parties at any time in the past”.

The parties also said the personal information of people who had communicated with them, including email addresses, phone numbers, banking records, employment history and confidential documents, may have been leaked.

Given the breadth of the leak and the fact that the parties do not keep a record of those whose information is stored on their server, the parties “determined it is impracticable to notify individuals” who may have been affected.

While the parties are yet to ascertain the specific data that had been stolen, they cautioned those in communication with the parties to “assume that any information you have provided would have been stored on the server”, and therefore compromised.

The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner says that in the event of a high-level data breach, where one or more individuals may be seriously harmed by the unauthorised access of data, both the affected individuals and the commissioner must be notified.

Organisations can be held liable for failing to take reasonable steps to protect personal information from unauthorised access, with a maximum penalty of $50 million. Fines were increased in 2022 following hacks at Optus and Medibank.

Registered political parties are exempt from the Privacy Act 1988, which covers data breaches; however, the United Australia Party has not been a registered party since 2022.

The 2022 Medibank hack saw 520GB of data extracted from the private health fund’s internal systems and the publication of personal details belonging to 9.7 million current and former customers on the dark web.

The same year, the contact details, names and addresses of 9.8 million Optus customers were hacked, including 3 million customers’ passports.
Earlier this month, 5.7 million Qantas customers had their data hacked, including names, addresses, frequent flyer details, and membership status to the airline’s exclusive Chairman’s Lounge.

Between July and December last year, the commissioner received 595 notifications of data breaches, up 15 per cent from the previous six months. Malicious or criminal attacks were responsible for 69 per cent of the breaches.

When asked about the 24-day delay between the cyberattack and yesterday’s announcement, vice president of cybersecurity firm Darktrace Tony Jarvis said: “Best practice would be for the parties to notify the public as soon as possible, and to make a concerted and sustained effort to notify affected individuals and provide ongoing support.”

“The ransomware group appears to have gained comprehensive access to both organisations’ entire networks. That means people’s bank records, identity records, employment history, and documents subject to confidentiality agreements with registered political parties are potentially in the hands of cyber criminals,” he said.

United Australia Party and Trumpet of Patriots recommended that those potentially affected review all communications between themselves and the party to find out what information may have been leaked, and “carefully consider whether you need to take any action in response to the data breach on the assumption that the hackers may have accessed your data”.

The United Australia Party was a registered political party from 2013 to 2017, and from December 2018 to September 2022, but failed in a High Court bid to re-register before the last election. The Trumpet of Patriots was established to contest the 2025 federal election but failed to win a seat.

Clive Palmer was contacted for comment.

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Way to go Clive!

Is a billionaire who spends tens of millions of dollars to win no seats at elections, but doesn’t stump up a few shekels on cyber security measures to keep data safe.

https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal ... 5mfvz.html

Clive Palmer’s political parties hacked in major breach

Clive Palmer’s political party has been hacked in a ransomware cyberattack that the organisation fears has led to the theft of its emails, documents, and electronic records, threatening the personal data of all those who have been in contact with it.

In a statement published to the United Australia Party and Trumpet of Patriots websites yesterday, the parties revealed that on June 23 there had been “unauthorised access to our servers resulting in access to, and the possible exfiltration of, certain data records”.

According to the parties’ statement, the leak may “potentially include all emails to and from the political parties (including their attachments) and documents and records created and or held electronically by the political parties at any time in the past”.

The parties also said the personal information of people who had communicated with them, including email addresses, phone numbers, banking records, employment history and confidential documents, may have been leaked.

Given the breadth of the leak and the fact that the parties do not keep a record of those whose information is stored on their server, the parties “determined it is impracticable to notify individuals” who may have been affected.

While the parties are yet to ascertain the specific data that had been stolen, they cautioned those in communication with the parties to “assume that any information you have provided would have been stored on the server”, and therefore compromised.

The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner says that in the event of a high-level data breach, where one or more individuals may be seriously harmed by the unauthorised access of data, both the affected individuals and the commissioner must be notified.

Organisations can be held liable for failing to take reasonable steps to protect personal information from unauthorised access, with a maximum penalty of $50 million. Fines were increased in 2022 following hacks at Optus and Medibank.

Registered political parties are exempt from the Privacy Act 1988, which covers data breaches; however, the United Australia Party has not been a registered party since 2022.

The 2022 Medibank hack saw 520GB of data extracted from the private health fund’s internal systems and the publication of personal details belonging to 9.7 million current and former customers on the dark web.

The same year, the contact details, names and addresses of 9.8 million Optus customers were hacked, including 3 million customers’ passports.
Earlier this month, 5.7 million Qantas customers had their data hacked, including names, addresses, frequent flyer details, and membership status to the airline’s exclusive Chairman’s Lounge.

Between July and December last year, the commissioner received 595 notifications of data breaches, up 15 per cent from the previous six months. Malicious or criminal attacks were responsible for 69 per cent of the breaches.

When asked about the 24-day delay between the cyberattack and yesterday’s announcement, vice president of cybersecurity firm Darktrace Tony Jarvis said: “Best practice would be for the parties to notify the public as soon as possible, and to make a concerted and sustained effort to notify affected individuals and provide ongoing support.”

“The ransomware group appears to have gained comprehensive access to both organisations’ entire networks. That means people’s bank records, identity records, employment history, and documents subject to confidentiality agreements with registered political parties are potentially in the hands of cyber criminals,” he said.

United Australia Party and Trumpet of Patriots recommended that those potentially affected review all communications between themselves and the party to find out what information may have been leaked, and “carefully consider whether you need to take any action in response to the data breach on the assumption that the hackers may have accessed your data”.

The United Australia Party was a registered political party from 2013 to 2017, and from December 2018 to September 2022, but failed in a High Court bid to re-register before the last election. The Trumpet of Patriots was established to contest the 2025 federal election but failed to win a seat.

Clive Palmer was contacted for comment.

Communications between them and the party???

Like unsolicited ******* sms?