NZ coroners data captured in ZenTech ransomware attack
Original title: NZ: Grieving families’ ‘incredibly stressful’ wait for answers after major NZ cyber attack
The Ministry of Justice says an August attack on Dunedin firm Zenith Technologies took Coroners Court files and delayed investigations.
Stuff reports that a ransomware attack on private Dunedin company Zenith Technologies (ZenTech) around August captured Coroners Court information held for New Zealand’s Ministry of Justice. Grieving families say coronial answers have been delayed for nine months, and one family was told the attack contributed. The ministry confirmed the capture in response to Stuff.
Unconfirmed: The report does not say what else ZenTech held or whether a ransom was paid.
- The attack was on Zenith Technologies, also called ZenTech, in Dunedin.
- The Ministry of Justice confirmed Coroners Court information was captured.
- One family has waited nine months for a coronial finding.
- The family was told the ransomware attack contributed to the delay.
Impact: Coroners Court information captured in a ransomware attack
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- New Zealand
From the original article
2 min read at databreaches.netNicholas Jones reports: A major cyber attack has caused delays to coronial investigations, with one grieving family wanting answers after their mother’s unexpected death telling Stuff the wait had been “incredibly stressful”. The family has waited nine months and counting for answers after the death and had been told the ransomware attack had contributed. “We...
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