When government websites went down for 76 minutes in mid-January, officials feared it was a cyberattack. When a wide range of government websites went down for 76 minutes on a Friday in mid-January, officials grew concerned it might have been the result of a massive hack. Some sites were unavailable for the duration of the outage, while others may have gone down partway through. Emails may also “have been delayed during all or part of the outage”, a spokesperson from the Department of Internal Affairs told Newsroom. In June, Health Minister Andrew Little promised an inquiry into the Waikato DHB hack.

Source: Stuff August 02, 2021 20:18 UTC