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Photo: 123RF The attack came to light early yesterday, hitting a Miami-based IT company, Kaseya, and infiltrating companies using that firms software. The Ministry of Edcuation said it is working with the schools to provide support and will continue to identify if other schools have been impacted. The ministrys deputy secretary business enablement and support, Zoe Griffiths, said any school that believes they may have Kaseya VSA software installed should first contact their IT provider. They sh...

A sign at Waikato Hospital in May. Photo: RNZ / Andrew McRae And decisions that led to the poor security and ailing system were financially motivated, claimed the source close to Waikato DHB. However the DHB said the particular servers were not a contributing factor in the cyber attack. The information comes as those responsible for the ransomware attack dumped large tranches of the DHBs private patient and employee details on the dark web on Tuesday, six weeks after the hack crippled services...

Servers not culprit in cyber-attack - Waikato DHB The Waikato Hospital. Image: Claire Rogers/SunLive. ); } else { // } A set of Waikato District Health Board servers were at end-of-life and unpatched when hackers struck in the early hours of May 18, a source claims. Decisions that led to the poor security and ailing system were financially motivated, claims the source close to Waikato DHB. However the DHB says the particular servers were not a contributing factor in...

Top security officials are confident all necessary arrangements are in place to get the Waikato DHB's IT systems operational again.

One patient, Tony, was flown from New Plymouth to Hamilton for an operation on his leg scheduled for Tuesday and was told at 5pm it wasnt going to happen. "Ive been nil by mouth all day so no food or anything - a bit stressing," he said. "Nothing I can do about it, just got to sit in line and wait - theres other people probably more urgent than me - just got to take it as it comes. The ransomware attack on Tuesday crashed Waikato District Health Board IT systems including computers and phone...

How DDoS attack crippled a stock exchange By Bloomberg By Jamie Tarabay The website of the New Zealand Stock Exchange slowed to a crawl on a Tuesday afternoon in August. It was so badly throttled that the exchange couldnt post market announcements, as required by financial regulators. So with an hour left for trading, management shut the entire operation down. It didnt take long to figure out what happened. The website had been overwhelmed by a tsunami of offshore digital traffic. An email fro...

How A Dated Cyber-Attack Brought A Stock Exchange To Its Knees How A Dated Cyber-Attack Brought A Stock Exchange To Its Knees The New Zealand Stock Exchange website had been overwhelmed by a tsunami of offshore digital traffic. An email from the perpetrators made clear that it was a malicious attack. NZX was hit with the cyber equivalent of a mugging, a crude and dated style of hack. The website of the New Zealand Stock Exchange slowed to a crawl on a Tuesday afternoon in August. It was so ...

DDoS attacks, the cyber equivalent of being mugged, grow in size and sophistication

The website of the New Zealand Stock Exchange slowed to a crawl on a Tuesday afternoon in August. It was so badly throttled that the exchange couldn’t post market announcements, as required by financial regulators.

Get Permission New Zealand’s financial regulator has issued a searing report about IT security failures at NZX, the country’s stock exchange, that contributed to a disruptive DDoS attack. The Financial Markets Authority says in a new report that NZX lacked sufficient technology resources and had inadequate IT security, including poor network design and unprotected infrastructure. The stock market also suffered from cultural problems, including “a lack of willingness to accept fault,”...