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Is it legal to pay a cyber ransom in NZ? The surprising answer 14 May, 2021 08:15 PM 4 minutes to read Today's hackers often want money to give you back your files (after they've stolen them or encrypted them in a "ransomware" attack) or to cease a DDoS attack (a distributed denial-of-service attack where an army of bots try to connect to your site at once, rendering it inaccessible to regular punters). And their efforts are only escalating, because governments enable ransomware extortionists in three ways: failing to regulate cryptocurrencies like bitcoin, giving hackers an...

Auditors raise estimates of waste at Tiwai Point, months after Government questioned provision 30 Apr, 2021 05:25 AM 4 minutes to read The Tiwai Point site has been operating as an aluminium smelter for 50 years. Photo / Supplied The Tiwai Point site has been operating as an aluminium smelter for 50 years. Photo / Supplied Rio Tinto has revealed there is more hazardous waste at the Tiwai Point aluminium smelter than previously thought, forcing it to raise the provision for cleaning up the contaminated site. The added material was picked up in a routine audit, about five months after Finance M...