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Enabling data to move more easily between organisations will undoubtedly lead to more crime, says a cybersecurity firm.>>

Police are pressing pause for now on using facial recognition technology to identify people off live camera feeds, but will still use it on stored footage.>>

Immigration advisers have described the first day of the country's new residence scheme as a shambles.>>

A cyber security breach that brought Waikato District Health Board to its knees took out one of the country's four regional cancer hubs, prompting the Cancer Control Agency to declare a national emergency to get patients with life-threatening cancer conditions moved to other hospitals.>>

Waikato DHB was warned its IT security was severely compromised months before a massive ransomware attack that brought Waikato Hospital to its knees.>>

Unity, which produces software for game developers and digital artists, has agreed to acquire the studio's tools, pipeline of work, technology and 275 staff.>>

Deep tech firms say changes to research and development (R&D) funding have left them scrambling for cash.>>

An IT security expert said the web app was using software that was known to have security flaws and people's information could be at risk.>>

The Commerce Commission wants to see an improvement in the quality of retail services offered by the telecommunications industry.>>

Kiwi bank and ANZ along with New Zealand Post, Inland Revenue and Metservice all experienced blacks-out due to a cyber-attack earlier today. >>

Internet infrastructure provider Vocus has confirmed it was hit with a DDoS attack which took its internet down for about an hour today, affecting people across the country.>>

A clutch of well known artists and entertainers are joining a new tech company's digital marketplace to sell ownership tokens for their works or their time.>>

The Commerce Commission wants to see improvements to the telecommunications dispute resolution scheme (TDRS) in order to deliver better results for consumers and the industry.>>

Intelligence systems meant to back up investigations into identity fraud, money laundering and other threats became so degraded at the Department of Internal Affairs that most staff avoided using them.>>

Kiwis are increasingly turning to online mental health services for support as they grapple with the uncertainty brought on by the lockdown.>>

Police computer systems have been ill-prepared to cope with a disaster like a major hack. >>

Consumer advocates say the time is right to allow individuals and companies greater access to the data that is held about them, but warn privacy issues, impacts for Māori and what the new law actually covers need to be considered carefully.>>

The first mobile phone call was made 75 years ago, in a car. How has technology changed since then and what does the future of communication technology look like?>>

The SIS is not seeking to have district health boards included in a programme where it sets out what agencies must do to cope with information security threats. >>

The first report from police on safe use of computer algorithms behind their high-tech crimefighting tools reveals they were developing one to predict motorists' likelihood of getting into serious trouble on the road in the next three years.>>

A researcher is worried the proliferation of crime-fighting computer algorithms will only make ingrained police bias against Māori worse. >>

Tech-savvy New Zealanders are effectively locking others out of managed isolation and quarantine booking systems by using a computer programming code to snap up available spots within seconds. >>

Schools are offline and more than 100 North Island kindergartens have reverted to pen and paper due to a major international ransomware hit.>>

Leading technology company Datacom Group has nearly doubled its profit on the back of a large revenue gain driven by increasing demand for digital services. >>