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‘She wasn’t real’: Mother’s anguish when son’s suicide followed catfished love affair

A mother's grief exposed – new catfishing brings back the horror of her son's death.

2degrees wins big education contract previously held by Spark

Sir John Key's Palo Alto Networks is also part of the new N4L line-up.

Data stolen from thousands in ransomware attack on hearing clinic

Thousands of customers are expected to have sensitive data leaked to the dark web.

Kiwi businesses pay cyber-ransoms on the sly

That's despite stated policies not to pay.

'Sleepless nights': Charity couple out of pocket, without answers after targeted cybercrime

The couple have been left without answers and are continually concerned for their safety.

Compromised devices part of China-linked ‘botnet’ found in NZ

Aotearoa has joined with others in calling out the activity.

Passports, licences stolen in Competenz hack affecting 6000 - who pays for replacements?

What the law says about stolen IDs.

‘Safety of Australians’ trumps Luxon’s calls for fairness on 501s debate

Luxon did manage to come away from the meeting with a few wins.

NZ retailers' relief today as IT systems return, online shoppers to face delays

Banks, supermarkets, fast food restaurants and even Hato Hone St John were affected.

Stranded overnight at airport: Jetstar IT outage grounds school holiday travellers

'A global technology outage is continuing to impact some airlines and payment services.'

'Billions could be lost': How global IT outage could take days to fix

One IT expert said the outage could have a financial flow-on effect.

Major global IT network outage hits banking services, flights, television, supermarkets

'Officials are working to ensure that impacts on lifelines services are minimised.'

SMEs vulnerable to cyber security breaches, report reveals

Many SMEs believe they are too small or inconsequential to appeal to cyber criminals.

GCSB admits need for improvement over foreign hacking threats against MPs

The spy agency reviewed its processes after MPs felt let down.

Unmasked China-backed hacker group an 'ongoing threat'

Five Eyes says Chinese group is behind espionage and hacks.

Car dealerships in US revert to pens and paper after cyberattacks

Cyberattack mess could take days more to clean up.