15 Aug Security Breach – 15 Aug 2025
Ransomware attacks can be devastating for businesses of all sizes. According to reports, nearly one-third of businesses are forced to pause operations — some temporarily, others permanently — after falling victim to a ransomware attack. The harsh reality of today’s ransomware attacks is that you cannot guarantee that you can fully recover your data despite paying the ransom. On average, ransomware attacks result in the permanent loss of over 40% of affected data. Some ransomware victims even face additional ransom demands or threats of data leaks.
Recent Breaches
Australia – Metricon Homes – Home Builder
Exploit: Ransomware
Risk to Business: Moderate: The Qilin ransomware operation has listed Victoria-based Metricon Homes as a victim on its darknet leak site and is claiming to have stolen 128 gigabytes of data from the popular home builder, including confidential financial documents, proprietary architectural plans, and internal marketing strategies. This issue was swiftly contained with the support of external experts. Metricon confirmed that there had been no impact to the safety of the operations, and construction activity has continued without interruption.
Australia – Belmont Christian College – Education
Exploit: Ransomware
Risk to Business: Moderate: Belmont Christian College, which is owned by Belmont Baptist Church, is a kindergarten to year 12 Christian school located in the Lake Macquarie area of NSW. In 2024, the school said it had 910 students. The school was listed on the dark web leak site of the Qilin ransomware gang on 7 August. The published data archive contains all internal information about the educational institution, including personal data of students and employees. It also contains data on charitable contributions made to the college’s accounts and all data on the educational institution’s expenses and budget. Belmont Christian College is urgently investigating the cyber incident.
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Robert Brown
15/08/2025
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