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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 firm's 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 ministry's 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 should also undertake the recommended steps in an advisory on the CERT NZ website. Earlier today, IT...

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 DHB's private patient and employee details on the dark web on Tuesday, six weeks after the hack crippled services across five hospitals including Waikato. The massive privacy breach shows swathes of files that co...

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 the cyber-attack. The information comes as those responsible for the ransomware attack dumped larg...

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 wasn't going to happen. "I've 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 - there's 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 phones, affecting Waikato, Thames, Tokoroa, Te Kuiti and Taumarunui hospitals.