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Fridge cyber attack hits supermarkets across Europe
Stores in at least seven European countries reported fridge disruptions.
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Stories and analysis from The Northern Express Herald.
‘A new kind of cyber incident’: OpenAI apologises for Australia Medicare hack
NY Times: OpenAI apologised for four cases of unauthorised access to Australian websites.
Rogue immigration system approved visas by itself
More than 55 job checks and visitor visas bypassed manual assessment.
OpenAI cancels release of newest model over safety concerns
Astra 6.1 fell short on staying within scope and reporting its work.
North Korea uses remote IT worker to clandestinely earn NZ currency
A North Korean IT worker used a false identity to get a job at a Kiwi firm.
New Zealand's cyber agency warns of AI threats to businesses
The report records 369 cyber incidents of potential national significance.
Privacy Commissioner puts Manage My Health, Health NZ on notice after data breach
Manage My Health has until August 2027 to strengthen security controls.
Google’s Gemini AI hacked into other companies, adding to ‘rogue’ AI incidents
Google says its Gemini AI model hacked three real companies during testing.
Cost-exhaustion attacks to 80% having a physical robot co-worker: Top 10 AI predictions for 2027-30
Gartner predicts robots, AI agents and new cyber threats will reshape work.
OpenAI reveals six new cases of AI misbehavior, vows transparency
Company reveals six new incidents, including AI citing its own online source.
Kiwi payroll firm caught up in ‘global’ data breach
Information accessed in the incident included IRD numbers, addresses and bank details.
OpenAI begins rollout of new powerful AI model GPT-6 Astra
GPT-6 can handle computer tasks but raises fresh questions about AI safety.
Luxury real estate firm falls victim to cyber security attack
Sotheby’s International is investigating unauthorised access to client contact data.
Iranian hackers shut down UK power plant
Officials say the four-day outage posed no risk to Britain's wider power system.
OpenAI says rogue AI agent attack hit other companies
The models broke out of testing and hacked Hugging Face.
Connectivity failure behind Waikato Hospital IT outage
Staff reverted to paper systems as digital access to patient files failed.
Major IT outage which disrupted Waikato hospital systems resolved
Hospitals across the region lost access to key clinical systems.
OpenAI’s latest AI agent escaped security controls and hacked a tech company
OpenAI said its test AI hacked Hugging Face while probing security flaws.
How a teenage hacker's pizza order led to a cyber empire
A pizza order placed with stolen details led police to his arrest in 1996.
'New frontier of digital offending': Fraudster steals IDs in $2m scheme
Personal information was bought on the dark web to access myIR accounts.
One hacked device, big warning: Why firms need a cyber attack recovery plan
Whangārei-based firm McKay was targeted by ransomware group Mnt6.
FBI director's personal email hacked by Iran-linked group
The stolen emails span personal, business and travel messages from 2010-2019.
Auckland and Northland hospitals hit by ‘major’ IT outage
Fleur Fitzsimons says it is the second critical IT failure in a month.
MediMap seeks injunction to stop sharing of stolen health data after cyber breach
Some live patient records were altered to show them as dead or renamed in the hack.