New Zealand Hit By Foreign Computer Hacking
Author: Dave Lewis
UPDATE: Now the French are claiming a Chinese hacking incident.
The Chinese government hacker bogeymen strike again.
New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark confirmed Tuesday that foreign spies had tried to hack into government computers but said they had not found out any state secrets.
“The assurance I’ve been given by intelligence agencies is that no classified information has been at risk at all,” Clark told reporters.
“We have very smart people to provide protection every time an attack is tried. Obviously we learn from that,” she said.
“What I can stress is that absolutely no classified information has ever been penetrated by these attacks.”
Clark said she knew which governments were involved, but she would not name them, adding the government had not spoken to the countries concerned about the problem.
“That’s not the way intelligence matters are handled,” she said.
Several governments have recently experienced attacks on their computer networks, she said.
“It’s not something unique to us, it’s something that every country is experiencing.”
Then again, where there’s smoke…
Tags: New Zealand Hacked, Chinese Hackers
