Gamarue schools remote learners. Lessons from Solorigate. New Zealand central bank delays reporting. RDDoS rising.
Today s issue includes events affecting Australia, the European Union, France, Russia, the United States, and Vietnam.
A note to our readers: our monthly Creating Connections is up, covering news for and about women in cybersecurity. This issue looks at setting your goals for 2021, and features insight into the day-to-day realities of a career in cybersecurity.
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By Reuters Staff
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WELLINGTON, Jan 22 (Reuters) - New Zealand’s central bank said on Friday that an investigation into a data breach earlier this month had significantly progressed and it was able to tell stakeholders which of their files on file transfer application were downloaded illegally.
The Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) said the cause of this breach of a third-party file sharing application has now been understood and resolved.
Governor Adrian Orr said it would give an update on an independent review underway on the breach next week. (Reporting by Praveen Menon; Editing by Jacqueline Wong)
By Reuters Staff
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WELLINGTON, Jan 22 (Reuters) - New Zealand’s central bank said on Friday that it will postpone publication of most of its statistical data releases for a number of weeks while it investigates a cyber attack that led to a serious breach of its data systems.
The breach was announced earlier this month and the Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) said a file sharing service provided by California-based Accellion was illegally accessed.
Statistics on bank customer lending, credit card balances and spending, new mortgage commitments, bank liquidity, non-bank lending institutions, and retail interest rates would be delayed, the bank said.