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Questions after Niwa super computer hacked; GCSB called in

"I don't think people understand that these things are the weapons of the modern age. The Niwa incident is like someone stealing a frigate" — security expert. UPDATED

Chris Keall
Sat, 24 May 2014

Niwa CEO John Morgan confirms that the Crown company's super computer, Fitzroy, had been accessed by an unauthorised person.

It's an attack that conforms to the Chinese pattern of cyber-trawling, one security expert, Dr Paul Buchanan, tells NBR. 

Another, Special Tactics' Daniel Ayers, says "I

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Chris Keall
Sat, 24 May 2014
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