Cybersecurity incident — 2021-01-12 00:00:00
Affected organization: Reserve Bank of New Zealand
Affected country: New Zealand
Industry: Public Administration
Event type: Exploitive
Event subtype: Exploitation of Application Server
Motive: Financial
Actor: TA505
Actor type: Criminal
Actor country: Undetermined

The Reserve Bank of New Zealand is the victim of a cyberattack. The data breach occurred through a vulnerability in a File Transfer Application provided by Accellion that was targeted in mid-December and affected multiple victims.