CERT Advisory

We’re aware of an active ransomware campaign targeting vulnerable networks, including schools. The attack targets open (unsecure) remote desktop protocol (RDP) and virtual private networks (VPN) ports – specifically ports 3389 and 5900. These are protocols...
School Network Upgrade: Making your Wi-Fi more reliable & secure

School Network Upgrade: Making your Wi-Fi more reliable & secure

We’re revising the schedule for upgrading network equipment in schools across Aotearoa. We had to hit pause on the School Network Upgrade while schools were closed during the lockdown period, but now we’re aiming to kit out 50 pilot schools by the end of August.  It’s...

Outage in the Ashburton area

Update 13 June 11.30: The issue has been resolved and schools affected should be back up and running. Update 4.30pm: We can see some schools have come back online, we are continuing to investigate the issue. Original update: We’re aware of an outage impacting...