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Thomas Manch14:10, May 27 2021 CHRISTEL YARDLEY/STUFF Lara Wall was diagnosed with advanced Hodgkin lymphoma in March and is receiving chemotherapy during the Waikato District Health Board s hacking crisis. A “Zeppelin” ransomware attack has cripped the Waikato DHB, and the health minister says it could take weeks to resurrect 680 computer servers. Stuff has been provided information from a source showing the Ministry of Health has identified the malware used in last week’s cyber attack on the health board as “Zeppelin” ransomware, which first appeared in dark corners of the Internet in 2019. Minister of Health Andrew Little told Stuff he had not been briefed on the specific ransomware used as this was not his concern. He planned to travel to Hamilton on Friday to meet health board leaders. ....
A crisis meeting of the Government's top-level officials is due to be held in Wellington as the Waikato DHB struggles with a crippling cyber-attack. ....
DHB cyber attack escalates to national crisis - urgent meeting called Waikato DHB. (Photo / NZ Herald) DHB cyber attack escalates to national crisis - urgent meeting called Wed, 26 May 2021, 4:57PM The country s biggest ever cyber attack has been escalated to a national crisis with top level Government officials holding an urgent meeting to discuss a plan of action. Health Minister Andrew Little says the meeting, involving the Officials Committee for Domestic and External Security Co-ordination (ODESC), is being held in Wellington this afternoon. The crisis response to the ransomware attack on the Waikato DHB has been stepped up. The Ministry of Health is increasing its resourcing of the dedicated response team, Little said. ....
The Bulletin: It could happen again Good morning and welcome to The Bulletin. In today’s edition: Risks of another Covid outbreak appear to be rising, Waikato DHB hack attack now biggest in NZ’s history, and OCR kept steady with future rises forecast. We’ve all fallen off the wagon here, but it might be time to start taking preventative measures against Covid more seriously. A couple of pieces have highlighted how real the risk still is for New Zealand, with experts warning that winter could bring fresh outbreaks. Newsroom’s Marc Daalder has wrapped up a few recent international examples of elimination strategies collapsing, which have some similarities with New Zealand’s situation – except in some cases for the island borders. And as Stuff’s Bridie Witton reports, experts are warning that it could happen here too. ....