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Hacked: Increased rate of cyber crime "alarming"
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English - May 28, 2023 18:41 - 3 minutes - 2.97 MB - ★★★★ - 11 ratingsNews Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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A cyber security firm says hackers are claiming they have access to IT systems at hundreds of New Zealand schools and tertiary institutes as well as stolen personal data from thousands of staff and students.
Cyber Sentience says it found the information being traded on websites in the so-called dark web for just a few dollars last year.
The firm's founder Tom Crisp told our education correspondent John Gerritsen its research shows cyber crime targeting education organisations is a growing problem.