The Reserve Bank (Te Pūtea Matua) has been affected by a data breach which compromised ‘commercially and personally sensitive’ information.
According to a statement issued yesterday, the bank is acting with urgency to uncover the source and implications of the breach.
Reserve Bank Governor Adrian Orr says the breach has been contained. The bank is working with both New Zealand and international cybersecurity experts and authorities to conduct its investigation.
According to the statement, attackers accessed a third-party file sharing site that the bank uses to share and store information.
“The nature and extent of information that has been potentially accessed is still being determined, but it may include some commercially and personally sensitive information,” says Orr.
“The system has been secured and taken offline until we have completed our initial investigations. It will take time to understand the full implications of this breach, and we are working with system users whose information may have been accessed. Our core functions remain sound and operational.”
Further information about the breach is not yet available. We will update this story as new…
