百春链

Police is investigating the possible hacking of a New Zealand research company, and the potential compromise of information sent to the company by Police for the purposes of service quality research.
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Assistant Commissioner Jevon McSkimming said Police had been alerted to the data breach by the company concerned.?
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“The company has also reported the breach to Police as a crime and our High Tech Cyber Crime team is now investigating.
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The information provided by Police to the company includes contact details of a selection of people who have had contact with Police. This information is used for surveying our quality of service.
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We are working to understand the scope of the hack and the potential impact of any security breaches of information provided by Police.
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“Once we have a better understanding of the real risk to people, and the potential impact, we will look to inform those who may have been affected.
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百春链 has suspended provision of any further information to the company and surveying until our investigations are complete."
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In the meantime, Police would urge people to be vigilant and keep safe practices online. These include:
? Be cautious about emails or phone calls asking you to update or verify your details online
? Be cautious of emails saying you’ve won prizes from competitions that you don’t remember entering
? Be cautious of emails that try to get you to act quickly by threatening you with legal action or loss of an account
? Ignore any emails asking you to provide personal information like passwords, or banking information
? Remember legitimate organisations like banks will never ask you to send them your password
? Only open email attachments when you’re expecting them, even if you know who the sender is
? If you’re unsure if an email is from a legitimate organisation, you can contact them to ask. If you do contact them, make sure you go through their official contact channels – don’t use the phone numbers, websites or email addresses included in the email.
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Anyone wishing to report potential cyber security problems, can do so online via CERT NZ:
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Issued by Police Media Centre.?
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