Photo / 123RFThe country needs to be serious about cyber protection as the volume and sophistication of financially motivated cyber attacks has increased over the past six months, according to online security organisation CERT NZ. The government agency helping organisations and individuals affected by cyber attacks said people need to become much more aware of the risks and take steps to protect their data and personal information. "CERT NZ's incident data, and information provided by our global partners tells us that cyber attacks have become more sophisticated, persistent and harder to detect than ever before." However, 40 per cent thought the precautions to protect online personal information was inconvenient. Advice on how to improve your cyber security habits is available on CERT NZ's website: www.cert.govt.nz.

Source: New Zealand Herald October 18, 2020 23:05 UTC