Paul, if the dues are deducted through workplace payroll, then NTEU won't have bank/credit card details. Nick Warner said on 13:26 Thursday 5 May, 2022.We understand that we must precisely identify the vulnerable point of access and take steps to harden our IT security environment. J, we are indeed talking to cyber security companies to do exactly the things you have mentioned. Peter Summers said on 11:21 Tuesday 10 May, 2022.Very dissapointed that since May, that neither of us registered students have not received a notification in order to take the appropriate steps you suggest to ensure we reduce personal risk of identity theft. Dissapointed said on 1:18 Thursday 14 Jul, 2022ĪND please advise if you have notified agencies such as the tax office.If you're not a NTEU member then we have none of your financial information and you will not have been affected in any way by the data breach. May I ask - are you a NTEU member? You mention that you are a student, so it's unclear. Hi Disappointed, we have notified all of the relevant agencies about the data breach. NTEU National Office said on 10:06 Tuesday 19 Jul, 2022.We will continue to keep you updated if there any further developments.ĪCT Division, NSW Division, NT Division, Vic Division, WA Division, SA Division, Qld Division, Tas Division, Australian Catholic University, University of Adelaide, Australian Defence Force Academy, Australian National University, Federation University Australia, Batchelor Institute of Indigenous Tertiary Education, Bond University, University of Canberra, Charles Darwin University, Central Queensland University, Charles Sturt University, Curtin University of Technology, Deakin University, Edith Cowan University, Flinders University, Griffith University, James Cook University, La Trobe University, Macquarie University, University of Melbourne, Monash University, Murdoch University, University of Notre Dame Australia, University of Newcastle, University of New South Wales, Queensland University of Technology, RMIT University, Southern Cross University, Swinburne University of Technology, University of Sydney, University of New England, University of Queensland, University of South Australia, University of the Sunshine Coast, University of Southern Queensland, University of Technology Sydney, University of Western Australia, Western Sydney University, Victoria University, University of Wollongong, edXpress, Navitas We immediately notified the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner of the data breach. NTEU takes our responsibility to secure the data that you have entrusted us with seriously, but as with many other organisations, all our precautions were unable to prevent this malicious attack. Please note that members who are paying their NTEU membership fees by payroll deduction or by invoice do not need to take these steps as we don’t have access to any of your banking or credit card details.

Out of caution we also advise you to check that no suspicious or fraudulent activity has taken place in relation to your banking and credit card accounts. Therefore we recommend that you change the passwords for your credit cards and online banking accounts as soon as possible and that you maintain a higher than normal level of vigilance for the time being. Nevertheless, while we don’t have or store any of your online passwords on file, your other personal details may be able to be used to try to steal your identity. Your credit card and banking details are subject to a higher level of internal NTEU encryption and it may be that they will not be accessible to the hacker but in the interests of caution we are not assuming so.Īt this stage the hacker has not indicated any intention to release the data to anyone other than NTEU. While at this early stage we cannot be certain of the extent of the data breach and its implications, the potential exists that your personal details may have been compromised.

On Wednesday May 4 NTEU servers and networks were subject to a ransomware attack.

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