Cyber threats by the numbers
CERT NZ supports businesses,
National Cyber Security Centre:
Cyber Threat Report 2017–2018
organisations and individuals affected by
The NCSC helps New Zealand’s most significant
CERT NZ 2018 Summary Report
cyber security incidents
3445
public and private sector organisations
protect themselves
incidents
reported in
2018
347
$14.1m
OVER
incidents recorded
from 1 July 2017 to
30 June 2018
in total financial loss
Most reported incidents:
phishing and credential harvesting
(stealing people’s IDs and passwords)
39%
of those incidents linked
to state-sponsored
actors
What does this mean for
New Zealand?
New Zealanders and their
businesses are losing
money every day.
New Zealand’s cyber security strategy 2019
People’s accounts and
personal data are being
compromised.
State-sponsored
actors are targeting
organisations that
are significant to
New Zealand.
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