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NZX DDoS Attack

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Incident Overview

The New Zealand Stock Exchange (NZX) went offline for two days in a row due to a cyber attack. NZX said on Tuesday it was first hit by a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack from abroad. The emails threatening DDoS attacks came from Fancy Bear, a well-known Russian hacking group.

Sources & References

Original incident referencehttps://www.bbc.com/news/53918580 (opens in a new tab)

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