Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2014-05-26 00:00:00
Affected organization: New Zealand National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research
Affected country: New Zealand
Industry: Public Administration
Event type: Exploitive
Event subtype: Exploitation of Application Server
Motive: Undetermined
Actor: Undetermined
Actor type: Criminal
Actor country: Undetermined
Description: A $12.7 million supercomputer owned by Niwa (New Zealand National Institute for Water and Atmospheric Research) is targeted by a computer hacker believed to have come from China.