Cybersecurity incident — 2020-08-26 00:00:00
Affected organization: New Zealand's stock exchange
Affected country: New Zealand
Industry: Finance and Insurance
Event type: Disruptive
Event subtype: External Denial of Service
Motive: Financial
Actor: Undetermined
Actor type: Criminal
Actor country: Undetermined

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