New Zealand media company: Hackers directly targeting individuals after alleged data breach

MediaWorks, a company based in New Zealand, says it is investigating an alleged security incident after a hacker claimed to have stolen the data of just over 2.4 million people and began targeting individuals for extortion payments.  The company, which has not yet publicly confirmed that a data breach has taken place, said in

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