CCP Hackers Breached NZ Parliament and Electoral Commission, Security Minister Reveals

The matter was not raised during a recent visit from Beijing’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi.

A man uses a computer keyboard in Toronto in this Oct. 9, 2023 photo illustration. The Canadian Press/Graeme Roy

The minister in charge of New Zealand’s Government Communication Security Bureau, and Security Intelligence Service has revealed that a group of hackers compromised the systems of the Parliamentary Counsel’s Office (PCO), Parliamentary Services, and the Electoral Commission in 2021.

The hackers—known as Advanced Persistent Threat 40 (APT40)—are sponsored by the Chinese Communist Party.