OAIC Data Breach Notification Report

The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner’s (OAIC) latest Notifiable Data Breaches Report highlights how OAIC expects entities to prevent and respond to data breaches caused by ransomware and impersonation fraud. The OAIC received 446 data breach notifications from January to June 2021, with 43% of these breaches resulting from cyber security incidents. Data breaches arising from ransomware incidents increased by 24%, from 37 notifications in the last reporting period to 46. Read the latest report here.