Cyber attacks Australia in 2022

March 08, 2023

Our list of publicly disclosed cyberattacks in Australia for 2022. In particular, the attacks on telecommunications provider Optus in September and health insurer Medibank in October attracted a lot of attention, because personal data of a large number of Australians was affected.

• The statistics are based on the known incidents listed here.
• Since only some of the cases become known, the evaluations are not representative.
• Industries where incidents are immediately visible due to public access (e.g. healthcare) are more represented than others.
• An incident may be assigned to multiple countries or industries. Also, a country cannot always be assigned. So the totals shown on the charts may be different.
• The graphics may be reused according to the license Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 / CC BY 4.0 (attribution: KonBriefing Research).

KonBriefing Research had counted 36 successful cyberattacks on Australian companies and organizations for the period.

For 2022, KonBriefing Research counted the following successful cyberattacks on companies and organizations in Australia: February (2)  •  April (1)  •  May (2)  •  June (3)  •  July (3)  •  August (1)  •  September (4)  •  October (9)  •  November (5)  •  December (6)

For the year 2022, KonBriefing Research found successful cyberattacks on companies and organizations of the following industries: Healthcare (5)  •  Telecommunication (3)  •  Real estate (3)  •  Public sector (3)  •  Finance (3)  •  Universities (3)  •  IT (3)  •  Social welfare (2)  •  Education (2)  •  Energy industry (2)  •  Online retailer (2)  •  Food (2)  •  Media (1)  •  Construction (1)  •  Consumer Goods (1)  •  Hospital (1)  •  Agriculture (1)  •  Maritime (1)  •  Military (1)  •  Rescue (1)  •  Service provider (1)  •  Transportation (1)  •  Travel (1)  •  Legal (1) (Multiple assignments possible).

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