Kazu told the Herald ransom demands were pitched at levels to encourage payment. The avatar used by hacker Kazu, taken from the computer game Cry of Fear. But it has admitted – and Kazu confirmed to the Herald – the breach occurred in the “health documents” section of its website. “The company reacted quickly to the data breach and did its best to calm users. Those hacks offered sample documents and claimed to have obtained health records, welfare records and – in the case of a Southeast Asian nation – its entire police database.

Source: New Zealand Herald January 06, 2026 12:40 UTC