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Reserve Bank of New Zealand Gov. Adrian Orr says he personally owns responsibility for a serious data breach involving a file transfer system.
The governor of New Zealand’s Reserve Bank, the nation s central bank, says he “personally owns” responsibility for a data breach that exposed private and sensitive stakeholder information.
On Friday, Gov. Adrian Orr said that the bank’s actions “have fallen short of the public’s expectations. This is why I am unreservedly apologizing,” according to a video included as part of a statement.
The bank disclosed on Jan. 10 that hackers had compromised the bank’s File Transfer Appliance, which is part of the file-sharing service from Accellion, a company based in Palo Alto, California. The central bank used the service to share information with stakeholders (see: