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NZ: Grieving families’ ‘incredibly stressful’ wait for answers after major NZ cyber attack

·Source: DataBreaches.net

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Nicholas Jones reports: A major cyber attack has caused delays to coronial investigations, with one grieving family wanting answers after their mother’s unexpected death telling Stuff the wait had been “incredibly stressful”. The family has waited nine months and counting for answers after the death and had been told the ransomware attack had contributed. “We...

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Nicholas Jones reports: A major cyber attack has caused delays to coronial investigations, with one grieving family wanting answers after their mother’s unexpected death telling Stuff the wait had been “incredibly stressful”. The family has waited nine months and counting for answers after the death and had been told the ransomware attack had contributed. “We...
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Originally published by DataBreaches.net on Oct 28, 2026.

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