Nissan Financial Services Hit in Trans-Tasman Cyber Attack

A vehicle and plant financial services business that operates across Australia and New Zealand has fallen victim to a cyber attack that forms part of an increasing spate of nefarious intrusions from hackers who traditionally have concentrated on disrupting the infrastructure of nations. Australian and New Zealand Nissan Corporation and Financial Services was hit by a cyber-attack on Dec. 7, that potentially compromised customers’ information. In a statement on its homepage, Nissan said they are “Working with its global incident response team and relevant stakeholders to investigate the extent of the incident and whether any personal information has been accessed.” In a recently released report, New Zealand’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) highlighted “rapid advances in AI and early signs of it being used” and said their investigations suggest “financially-motivated cyber attacks” are now outstripping those from traditional state-sponsored actors intent on causing economic instability and espionage, interfering in elections and silencing journalists....