Security News > 2021 > January > New Zealand Reserve Bank suffers data breach via hacked storage partner
The Reserve Bank of New Zealand, known as Te Pūtea Matua, has suffered a data breach after threat actors hacked a third-party hosting partner.
The Reserve Bank is the central bank of New Zealand and is responsible for creating monetary policy to stabilize prices in the country.
On January 10th, the Reserve Bank disclosed that they had suffered a data breach after attackers illegally accessed data stored at a third-party hosting provider.
Governor Adrian Orr of the Reserve Bank states that the breach has been contained but may have exposed commercially and personally sensitive information.
BleepingComputer was told that the Reserve Bank is not providing any further comment after contacting them to learn more about when the breach occurred, what hosting provider was breached, and what data was stolen.
In August, New Zealand suffered a wave of DDoS attacks against private and public organizations.
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