New Zealand says budget leak was bungled, not hacked

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A security breach that led to the premature release of New Zealand's budget resulted from an online bungle, not a sophisticated cyberattack as ...

WELLINGTON: A security breach that led to the premature release of New Zealand's budget resulted from an online bungle, not a sophisticated cyber attack as originally claimed, red-faced officials admitted Thursday .

He was forced into an embarrassing backdown Thursday after police found no evidence that illegal activity was behind the leak. He said Treasury prepared a"clone" website ahead of the Budget's release but did not realise that entering specific search terms on it revealed embargoed information.Budget documents are a closely guarded secret and Makhlouf said an inquiry would be held to ensure such a breach was not repeated.

National leader Simon Bridges called for Makhlouf's resignation, saying the Treasury boss knew about the bungle days ago because his department fixed the website bug before police were called in.

 

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