Incident register
Cyber incidents in Asia-Pacific with their sources, countries, sectors and relevance to the EU. Since September 12, 2026 they are detected by rules in the news after every fetch: Detected entries have not been reviewed by an analyst. How detection works
15Incidents in the period
8High or critical
1With a named actor
10Of high or medium EU relevance
6Detected, not reviewed
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| Date | Incident | Type | Countries | Actor named |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 11, 2026 | Elevated VCAA investigating after website hacked during exam period
Detected
EU medium
2 articles |
Intrusion | Australia | — |
| Nov 11, 2026 | Moderate Personal data stolen after Queensland Parks booking service hacked
Detected
1 article |
Intrusion | Australia | — |
| Nov 10, 2026 | Moderate The new ‘cold’ war: hacked fridges reveal infrastructure-security gaps
Detected
1 article |
Intrusion | Australia | — |
| Nov 9, 2026 | Moderate Cabinet minister Anne Aly hacked after 'inadvertently' opening WhatsApp scam link
Detected
1 article |
Intrusion | Australia | — |
| Oct 25, 2026 | Elevated Singapore embraces AI for cyber defence, with one caveat: breach transparency
Detected
EU medium
1 article |
Data breach | Singapore, Australia | — |
| Oct 13, 2026 | Elevated S’pore asks AI firms for full transparency after Australian government hack: Shanmugam
Detected
1 article |
Intrusion | Australia | — |
| Sep 9, 2026 | High Dutch NCSC warns critical Check Point VPN flaws face imminent exploitation EU high | Other | Japan, Singapore, Australia | No confirmed threat actor; pre-exploitation advis… |
| Sep 4, 2026 | Critical Unpatched StyleSmuggler Zero-Day Exploited Across Magento and Adobe Commerce Stores EU high | Other | Japan, Australia | Unattributed |
| Sep 4, 2026 | High Google Patches Sixth Actively Exploited Chrome Zero-Day of 2026 EU medium | Other | India, Japan, Australia, South Korea | Unattributed; browser zero-days of this class are… |
| Sep 3, 2026 | High Citrix NetScaler Authentication Bypass CVE-2026-19490 Under Active Attack EU high | Other | Australia | Unattributed |
| Sep 2, 2026 | Critical SonicWall SMA 1000 Zero-Day Chain Exploited for Remote Code Execution EU high | Other | Japan, Singapore, Australia | Unattributed |
| Aug 31, 2026 | High Russian-speaking actor uses hundreds of AI agents to exploit PaperCut across 48 countries EU high | Other | Australia | Russian-speaking eCrime actor, unattributed to a … |
| Aug 17, 2026 | Moderate Quest Aparthotel Chain Exposes Guest PII via Third-Party Breach | Data breach | Australia | — |
| Aug 15, 2026 | Critical Three threat clusters exploit Cisco Secure FMC flaws to steal credentials and deploy Qilin ransomware EU high | Ransomware | Australia | Mixed - UAT-11823 deployed Sandworm-linked Cyclop… |
| Sep 15, 2024 | Critical Salt Typhoon Telecom Espionage Campaign — Ongoing EU medium | Espionage campaign | Japan, Australia, Thailand, Philippines +2 | GhostEmperor |