- Posted September 18, 2024
CERT NZ recently integrated with the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) to form the New Zealand Government’s lead operational cyber security agency. The combined agency is located within the Government Communications Security Bureau (GCSB).
The NCSC now provides cyber security services to all New Zealanders, from individuals and small businesses to government agencies and nationally significant organisations.
New Zealanders reported to CERT NZ $6.8m in financial loss due to cyber-crime between 1 April and 30 June this year (Q2). This is a slight increase on the $6.6m in the last quarter and a 61% increase on the $4.2m reported to us in the same quarter last year.
This is despite the number of recorded incidents continuing to drop over the last nine months. Just 1,203 incidents were reported this quarter, compared with 1,537 last quarter (Q1 2024). The numbers are also much lower than for the same period last year (1,950 in Q2 2023).
The Q2 Cyber Security Insights report(external link) shares information about these incidents as well as highlighting examples of work the NCSC is doing to help.