The criminal gangs targeting Australian businesses
- Robert Salier
- Mar 13
- 1 min read
If you’d like to find out more about the criminal gangs targeting Australian businesses, then check out this article from the respected CSO Online news and analysis publication:
These criminal gangs break into Australian businesses, steal highly sensitive data and/or grind operations to a halt by locking owners out of their own IT systems. They then demand a large ransom to restore the IT systems and/or to not sell that information or leak it to the public.
Last year I announced the most comprehensive list of Australian companies and organisations that have been breached. This list identifies 120 organisations (mostly private companies) in 2025 alone, representing only a fraction of the estimated 3,000 that Australian government statistics suggest based on company self-reporting. Many gangs that you see in this list feature in this rogues gallery.
Many SMEs and SMBs do not survive a major breach. Even if they have cyber insurance, the disruption to operations and/or the reputational damage is too severe, regardless of whether they have cybersecurity insurance or not. Many customers cease doing business with a business that has been breached, due to valid concerns about the security risk of that supplier to their own business.
Reach out to me at Holistic cyber Australia to find out the many things you can do to reduce the chance of being a victim – the majority with relatively low effort and cost.
