Multiple Government Departments in New Zealand affected by Ransomware Attack

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A ransomware attack on Mercury IT, a widely used managed service provider (MSP) in New Zealand, is feared to have disrupted dozens of organizations in the country, including several government departments and public authorities.

The Ministry of Justice and Te Whatu Ora (Health New Zealand) are among the public authorities that have announced being impacted by a cyberattack on a third-party IT support provider. New Zealand’s privacy commissioner confirmed on Tuesday morning that “a cyber security incident involving a ransomware attack” was to blame, saying its upstream target was Mercury IT, which “provides a wide range of IT services to customers across New Zealand.”

Multiple government departments in New Zealand affected by ransomware attack on IT provider

A ransomware attack on a widely used managed service provider in New Zealand, is feared to have disrupted dozens of organizations.

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