New Zealand police called in after mass hacking attempt on 'wellbeing' budget

Treasury says systems deliberately hacked, with more than 2,000 attempts since Sunday

New Zealand police have been asked to investigate after the Treasury office said its systems were hacked in an attempt to reach documents on the forthcoming budget, in the biggest cyber security scandal to hit parliament.

Billed as the world’s first “wellbeing budget” – putting wellbeing of New Zealanders at the forefront of fiscal spending – the document was scheduled to be officially released on Thursday.

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