Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu. It’s also true that on September 10th the New Zealand government’s computer systems was breached.
From the article: “New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark confirmed Tuesday that foreign spies had tried to hack into government computers but said they had not found out any state secrets. The Dominion Post newspaper quoted Tucker saying government departments' websites had been attacked, information stolen and hard-to-detect software had been installed which could be used to take control of computer systems. There was evidence foreign governments were responsible for the attacks, he said, but did not name the countries concerned, although he did refer to comments by Canada's security service about Chinese spying activities. Reports have also alleged China hacked into government computer systems in the US, Germany and Britain.”
Pretty crazy, eh? I know when most people think about hacking they think about corporations getting attacked or maybe you hacking your buddy’s machine. But can you imagine government verses government attacks? Holy Government Espionage, Batman!
You’ll find the full article here.
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