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NZ Incident – Ransomware attack: Waikato DHB supporting patients after documents dumped online | stuff

by Steven Kirby | Jun 29, 2021 | Confidentiality, 🥝 NZ Incidents, Medical and Health Care, New Zealand, Privacy, Privacy Breach, Public Sector, Ransomware, Stuff.co.nz | 0 |

New Zealand Ransomware Attack June 2021: Waikato District Health Board supporting patients after documents dumped online, compromised documents include, patient and employee, and the DHB’s financial affairs.

NZ Incident: Auckland Asics store screens hacked to show pornography | Stuff.co.nz

by Steven Kirby | Sep 29, 2019 | 🥝 NZ Incidents, Hacked, New Zealand, Pornography, Retail, Stuff.co.nz | 0 |

NZ Hacked 29 September 2019: Promotional screens on a central Auckland Asics store were hacked to show pornographic content on Sunday morning.

NZ Incident: Data breach after lax New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA) security | Stuff.co.nz

by Steven Kirby | Sep 9, 2019 | API Security, Configuration, Data Breach, 🥝 NZ Incidents, Federal Government, New Zealand, Stuff.co.nz | 0 |

Privacy Breach 09 September 2019: The NZ Transport Agency admits to a technology botch up leaving what was meant to be a highly secure data key wide open.

NZ Incident: ‘Coding error’ compromises passports, driver licences in Ministry of Culture and Heritage data breach | Stuff.co.nz

by Steven Kirby | Aug 25, 2019 | 🥝 NZ Incidents, Federal Government, New Zealand, OSWAP Top Ten, Privacy Breach, Stuff.co.nz, Website Compromise | 0 |

Privacy Breach 25 August 2019: New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage revealed on Sunday more than 300 people had had their personal documents compromised following a “coding error” on a ministry-commissioned website.

Incident: Auckland’s Rosehill College deletes pupils’ personal data from their own laptops | Stuff.co.NZ

by Steven Kirby | Aug 8, 2019 | Configuration, Data Loss, Education and Training, New Zealand, Stuff.co.nz | 0 |

NZ Cyber Incident August 08 2019: Rosehill College Auckland which requires pupils to buy their own digital devices has come under fire after all data was deleted from students’ laptops during a school-mandated software update.

NZ Incident: NZ Transport Agency’s cyber security under scrutiny after 82 data breaches | Stuff NZ

by Steven Kirby | Mar 5, 2019 | 🥝 NZ Incidents, Government Agency, New Zealand, Privacy Breach, Stuff.co.nz, Transport and Logistics, Uncategorized | 0 |

Mar 5, 2019 NZ Incident: NZ Transport Agency’s cyber security under scrutiny after 82 data breaches.

NZ Incident: NZ Transport Agency accused of downplaying a “massive” security breach. USB Drive Lost | Stuff NZ

by Steven Kirby | Jan 3, 2019 | Data Handling, 🥝 NZ Incidents, Government Agency, New Zealand, Privacy Breach, Stuff.co.nz, Transport and Logistics, Uncategorized | 0 |

Mar 5, 2019 NZ Incident: NZ Transport Agency’s cyber security under scrutiny after 82 data breaches.

NZ – Z Energy security breach admitted as CEO fronts and apologises | Stuff NZ

by Steven Kirby | Jun 27, 2018 | 🥝 NZ Incidents, New Zealand, Stuff.co.nz, Transport and Logistics, Uncategorized | 0 |

Z has admitted a major security fault that potentially allowed access to business accounts and personal details. The problem hit the company’s Z Card Online system, which allows people to manage fuel accounts, mostly for...

Incident: Vengeful retrenched employee allegedly took BlueScope top trade secrets with her | Stuff.co.nz

by Steven Kirby | Jan 9, 2016 | Australia, Australian InfoSec Incident, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2016, Data Breach, Data Loss, Insider Threat, Manufacturing, Stuff.co.nz | 0 |

Australian Information Security Incident Reported: January 9 2016 Former BlueScope employee has...

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NZ Incident – Ransomware attack: Waikato DHB supporting patients after documents dumped online | stuff

NZ Incident: Auckland Asics store screens hacked to show pornography | Stuff.co.nz

NZ Incident: Data breach after lax New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA) security | Stuff.co.nz

NZ Incident: ‘Coding error’ compromises passports, driver licences in Ministry of Culture and Heritage data breach | Stuff.co.nz

Incident: Auckland’s Rosehill College deletes pupils’ personal data from their own laptops | Stuff.co.NZ

NZ Incident: NZ Transport Agency’s cyber security under scrutiny after 82 data breaches | Stuff NZ

NZ Incident: NZ Transport Agency accused of downplaying a “massive” security breach. USB Drive Lost | Stuff NZ

NZ – Z Energy security breach admitted as CEO fronts and apologises | Stuff NZ

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