New Zealand joins the insecure government computer contest

[<rms () computerbytesman com>]

China accused of cyberattacks on New Zealand

 

http://www.news.com/China+accused+of+cyberattacks+on+New+Zealand/2100-7348_3
-6207678.html?tag=nefd.top

 

The New Zealand secret service has suggested the Chinese government was
behind attacks on the country's networks. 

New Zealand Prime Minister
<http://www.primeminister.govt.nz/frame-biography.html> Helen Clark
yesterday assured reporters that no classified information had been
compromised but confirmed that she believes that foreign-government spies
were behind the cyberattack. 

While Clark said officials know which government was behind the attack, she
would not name the country suspected. 

"We have very smart people to provide protection every time an attack is
tried. Obviously, we learn from that," she told reporters. 

 <http://www.nzsis.govt.nz/about/director.aspx> Warren Tucker, New Zealand's
Security Intelligence Service director, hinted to local newspaper
<http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominionpost/?source=nav> The Dominion Post that the
Chinese government was responsible for the attacks, referring to previous
allegations about the country's spying activities by Canada's secret
service. 

The allegations come only a week after the Chinese foreign ministry denied
that the Chinese government had endorsed attacks on the computer networks of
Germany,
<http://www.news.com/Cyberattacks+at+federal+agencies+draw+House+scrutiny/21
00-7348_3-6177783.html> the United States and the United Kingdom

 

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