Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2017-02-25 00:00:00
Affected organization: Inland Revenue Department
Affected country: New Zealand
Industry: Public Administration
Event type: Disruptive
Event subtype: Data Attack
Motive: Financial
Actor: Undetermined
Actor type: Criminal
Actor country: Undetermined
Description: Thousands of Inland Revenue files are locked up after New Zealand's tax department becomes the target of a Cryptolocker attack in November.