Live: Cyber attack fears – Kiwibank, ANZ, NZ Post, MetService websites crash – NZ Herald

The Government’s Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT NZ) is monitoring a cyber security attack which appeared to take down a number of major organisation’s websites this morning. Kiwibank, ANZ, NZ Post and MetService. NZ Police all acknowledged that their sites were slow at times. All came back online around midday, but CERT NZ posted a statement saying it was aware of a DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service) targeting a number of New Zealand organisations.

[Source : NZ Herald ]

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