25 Aug 2022

NZers lost $4million to cyber scams in three months

From Midday Report, 12:42 pm on 25 August 2022

New Zealanders lost almost four million dollars to cyber scammers between April and June this year.

The government agency that supports those affected by cyber security incidents, New Zealand's Computer Emergency Response Team, received about 2000 incident reports in the second quarter.

New Zealand's Computer Emergency Response Team Director Rob Pope spoke to Māni Dunlop.