New Zealand

A Ransomware Attack on a Small Managed IT Provider Disrupts Government Agencies in New Zealand

December 16, 2022

Several New Zealand government agencies were impacted by a ransomware attack on Mercury IT, a 25-employee firm that serves dozens of public and private organizations in the country. New Zealand’s Ministry of Justice and Health New Zealand (Te Whatu Ora) have confirmed being impacted by the cyber incident.

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Cyber Security News

New Zealand Stock Exchange Shut Down by DDoS Cyber Attack

September 3, 2020

New Zealand’s Stock Exchange was crippled by a DDoS cyber attack, lasting four days and forcing the government to activate the National Security System requiring government agencies to work together.

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Data Privacy Insights

New Zealand Privacy Act and Digital Trust in the 21st Century

May 2, 2017

This article is based on a presentation made during the Data Privacy Asia 2016 conference held on 9-11 November 2016. Author Karen Ngan is a commercial law partner at Simpson Grierson (New Zealand) . She co–heads the firm's information and communications technology group and its data protection and privacy group. In this article she discusses some of the challenges with dealing with 21st century privacy issues under a Privacy Act that is over 20 years old. She also covers some of the measures or practices that have been taken to address some of these challenges.

New Zealand

A Ransomware Attack on a Small Managed IT Provider Disrupts Government Agencies in New Zealand

New Zealand Stock Exchange Shut Down by DDoS Cyber Attack

New Zealand Privacy Act and Digital Trust in the 21st Century

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