Questions after Niwa super computer hacked; GCSB called in
"I don't think people understand that these things are the weapons of the modern age. The Niwa incident is like someone stealing a frigate" — security expert. UPDATED
Chris Keall
Sat, 24 May 2014
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Niwa CEO John Morgan confirms that the Crown company's super computer, Fitzroy, had been accessed by an unauthorised person.
It's an attack that conforms to the Chinese pattern of cyber-trawling, one security expert, Dr Paul Buchanan, tells NBR.
Another, Special Tactics' Daniel Ayers, says "I
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Chris Keall
Sat, 24 May 2014
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