Gabriel Makhlouf, Secretary of the Treasury. Photo: RNZ / Rebekah Parsons-King
Treasury has admitted a weakness in its IT systems allowed someone to access Budget information, that was not intended to be public until today, and whoever accessed it does not appear to have broken the law. Treasury claimed on Tuesday, when National released some of the information, that its systems had been hacked. Treasury secretary Gabriel Maklouf now says the law does not appear to have been broken, and no further action will be taken by the police. The National party leader Simon Bridges has been speaking to the media this morning and is calling for the resignation of Gabriel Mahklouf, and the Finance Minister, Grant Robertston.
Kathryn Ryan is joined by RNZ political reporter Yvetter McCullough.
