Tech Talks With Kinsoft

Victoria-based Hazeldenes, one of Australia's largest poultry producers (roughly 900,000 birds a week at its Lockwood South facility), detected a cyberattack on 19 February 2026 and shut down its IT systems, halting processing and packaging. The result was immediate chicken shortages for wholesalers, butchers and supermarkets across Victoria, with some deliveries failing without notice. Hazeldenes engaged external experts, notified Australian authorities and began a phased return to production from around 25 February; it had not yet confirmed whether customer or employee data was compromised. We discuss the operational and food-supply-chain impact of attacks on manufacturers and why rapid IT shutdowns are sometimes necessary.

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Sources: Cyber Daily; The Cyber Express.

Your Monday catch-up, with a security lens. This week the model race sped up — Google ships Gemini 3.1 Pro, Anthropic ships Claude Sonnet 4.6, and OpenAI hires a star open-source developer to build personal agents. On the breach desk: fintech lender Figure is hit by the ShinyHunters crew (nearly a million customers), France's national bank-account registry is accessed via stolen credentials, and a PayPal software bug quietly exposes some users' data.

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Sources: TechCrunch; Google; Anthropic; SecurityWeek; The Record; BleepingComputer.

In February 2026, Dutch telecom Odido (formerly T-Mobile Netherlands) disclosed a breach affecting roughly 6.2 million customers across Odido and its Ben brand. Attackers linked to ShinyHunters used social engineering — phishing and impersonating IT staff to bypass MFA — to reach a customer contact system, taking names, addresses, bank account numbers, phone and email, and ID document numbers (passport/driver's licence); passwords, call logs and billing were not affected. We cover the extortion attempt, that Odido reportedly learned of the theft when the attackers made contact, and the regulatory and legal fallout.

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Sources: BleepingComputer; SecurityWeek.

On 12 February 2026, Seagrass Boutique Hospitality Group (Rhodes, NSW — operator of The Meat & Wine Co, Hunter & Barrel and other brands) identified unauthorised access to part of its IT network, with the Kairos ransomware gang claiming the attack and alleging it stole about 50 GB of data. Seagrass declined further comment. We discuss why hospitality groups — with payment systems and large customer and staff datasets — are attractive ransomware targets, and sensible defences.

Worried about protecting venues or a hospitality group? Visit www.kinsoft.com.au to talk through your security and IT needs.

Sources: Cyber Daily.

Your Monday catch-up, with a security lens. This week: OpenAI pulls GPT-4o and a swag of older models out of ChatGPT, pushing everyone to GPT-5.2. On the security desk it's a heavy one — the EU Commission and Dutch government are breached through Ivanti zero-days, China-linked espionage hits all four of Singapore's telcos, Dutch telco Odido loses data on 6.2 million customers, and a malicious Outlook add-in slips onto the Microsoft Store to steal thousands of accounts.

Worried about edge-device and email-add-in risk in your own environment? Visit www.kinsoft.com.au to talk through your security and IT needs.

Sources: TechCrunch; OpenAI; The Record; BleepingComputer.

In January 2026, a major cyberattack targeted the Victorian Department of Education, compromising the personal data of over 665,000 current and former students. Unauthorized parties accessed a central database containing student names, email addresses, and encrypted passwords across more than 1,500 government schools. Experts attribute the scale of the breach to a "flat network" architecture that lacked internal barriers, allowing intruders to move easily between systems. In response, authorities deactivated affected accounts, reset passwords, and launched a formal investigation via the Office of the Victorian Information Commissioner. While sensitive details like home addresses were not stolen, the incident serves as a critical warning for organizations to adopt "Zero Trust" security models and improve data segmentation. This overview is presented by Tech Talks with Kinsoft; for expert assistance with your security and IT needs, please visit www.kinsoft.com.au.

Welcome to Tech Talks with Kinsoft. In this episode, we examine the escalating cyber threats facing Australian education, highlighting the significant August 2025 breach at Melbourne’s prestigious Scotch College which exposed sensitive family and alumni records. We also discuss the massive January 2026 attack on the Victorian Department of Education, impacting over 665,000 students across 1,700 schools. We analyze the critical privacy obligations schools face under the Privacy Act and the urgent need for robust data breach response plans. To discuss your security and IT needs, please go to www.kinsoft.com.au.

Welcome to Tech Talks with Kinsoft! In this episode, we unpack the massive January 2026 cyberattack on Prosura, an Australian car rental insurer. Hackers breached their internal IT systems, exposing the sensitive personal data of roughly 300,000 customers, including driver's licenses, travel destinations, and policy details. We discuss the aggressive tactics used by the threat actors, who shockingly contacted customers directly before putting the stolen data up for sale on a public leak forum. Join us as we explore the security gaps that led to this incident and the crucial lessons businesses must learn regarding incident response and access control. For your security and IT needs, visit www.kinsoft.com.au

Welcome to Tech Talks with Kinsoft. In this episode, we explore the recent cyber incident targeting major Australian gold producer Regis Resources. We discuss how their layered security controls successfully thwarted the Lynx ransomware group, preventing data exfiltration and operational downtime. Beyond this high-profile case, we examine a growing national trend: why Australia's most damaging cyber breaches are increasingly stemming from simple access failures—such as exposed credentials and forgotten passwords—rather than sophisticated hacks. Finally, we highlight why ransomware is no longer just a "big company" problem, but a critical risk for organizations of all sizes. To discuss your security and IT needs, visit www.kinsoft.com.au.

In this episode of Tech Talks with Kinsoft, we explore the alarming cyberattacks hitting Australia's defence supply chain. We unpack the massive 800GB data breach at IKAD Engineering by the J Group ransomware gang, who lurked undetected in the company's network for five months. We also examine the Cyber Toufan group's leak of sensitive technical details regarding the ADF's $7 billion Redback infantry fighting vehicle program. Join us as we discuss how these critical supply chain vulnerabilities threaten national security and what it means for your business. To discuss your security and IT needs, visit www.kinsoft.com.au today