Tag: Cyber attacks
Cook Islands govt fends off cyberattacks, passes bill to strengthen financial...
By Losirene Lacanivalu of the Cook Islands News
Significant attempts were made from overseas to hack into the government's central network a few weeks ago,...
The Daily Blog hacked – NZ’s most important left media outlet...
Pacific Media Watch
The Daily Blog, New Zealand's most important leftwing website of news, views and analyses at the heart of the country's most conservative...
Highly secretive Five Eyes alliance disrupts China-backed hacker group
ANALYSIS: By Dennis B. Desmond, University of the Sunshine Coast
This week the Five Eyes alliance -- an intelligence alliance between Australia, the United Kingdom,...
Cyber attack on NZ sea level website blamed on anti-climate critics...
By John Lewis of the Otago Daily Times
Aotearoa New Zealand's new NZ SeaRise website, designed to show how the country's coastline will be affected...
Universities must act to prevent espionage and foreign interference, but national...
ANALYSIS: By Sarah Kendall, The University of Queensland
This week, the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security released its much anticipated report on national...
Hackers hit PNG financial hub, fail in bid to hold state...
By Gorethy Kenneth in Port Moresby
The Papua New Guinea government’s financial hub was hit by computer hackers last week, holding state officials at ransom,...
Covid-19 crisis a pretext for West Papua online, offline repression, says...
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
The Indonesian government has used the covid-19 pandemic as a pretext to crack down on West Papuan street protests and to...
Calling out China for cyberattacks is risky — but a lawless...
ANALYSIS: By Alexander Gillespie, University of Waikato
The multi-country condemnation of cyber-attacks by Chinese state-sponsored agencies is a sign of increasing frustration at recent behaviour....
NZ cyber agency chief worried China hacks exploiting security weakness
RNZ News
New Zealand's cyber security agency believes China has been behind numerous hack attacks spanning years.
The government joined Western allies and Japan in calling...
Reserve Bank investigates cyber attack – latest in NZ digital breaches
By RNZ News
A cyber security expert says attacks like the latest on the Reserve Bank could be due to the type of data systems...
NZ’s cyber security centre warns more attacks likely after stock market...
ANALYSIS: By Dave Parry, Auckland University of Technology
The Government Communications Security Bureau (GCSB) has issued a warning to all New Zealand businesses to be...
Filipino groups denounce cyberattacks against independent media
By Mong Palatino in Manila
Several media groups in the Philippines marked the World Day Against Cyber Censorship this week by holding a protest to...
Indonesia prone to cyber attacks up to the year 2025, says...
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
Indonesia is predicted to be prone to cyber attacks from this year until 2025, says a media communication and technology consultant.
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