Security News

Police close their investigation, concluding that New Zealand's "wellbeing" budget wasn't hacked.

A security breach that led to the premature release of New Zealand's budget resulted from an online bungle, not a sophisticated cyberattack as originally claimed, red-faced officials admitted...

The New Zealand government said Wednesday that a "systematic" and "deliberate" cyberattack was behind an embarrassing leak of secret finance documents ahead of this week's budget. Treasury...

There's a new diversity of species. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that I haven't covered. Read my blog posting guidelines here....

New Zealand's international spy agency on Wednesday halted mobile company Spark from using Huawei equipment in its planned 5G upgrade, saying it posed a "significant network security risk." read more

Fortinet to lock the stable door, horse heads for horizon A Kiwi high school has learned the “don't click on the link” lesson the hard way, with a ransomware attack locking down its student's course work.…


A 50-foot squid has not been found in New Zealand. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that I haven't covered....

Experts are blaming bacteria, not squid nets....
