Copy of information regarding the "WannaCry" incident May 12 2017
Tony Meyer made this Official Information request to Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment
The request was partially successful.
From: Tony Meyer
Dear Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment,
Please provide a copy of all information received by CERT (NZ) regarding the "WannaCry"/"WannaCrypt" worm/ransomware outbreak that occured on the 12th of May 2017.
Yours faithfully,
Tony Meyer
From: *OIA
Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment
Ref: DOIA 1617-1427
Dear Mr Meyer
On behalf of the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment I
acknowledge your email of 19 June 2017 requesting under the Official
Information Act 1982 (the Act), the following:
Please provide a copy of all information received by CERT (NZ) regarding
the "WannaCry"/"WannaCrypt" worm/ransomware outbreak that occured on the
12th of May 2017.
Your request is being processed in accordance with the Act and a response
will be sent to you in due course. If you have any enquiries regarding
your request feel free to contact us via email [1][MBIE request email] or
using the contact details below.
Yours sincerely,
Alan Witcombe
MANAGER, MINISTERIAL SERVICES
Corporate, Governance and Information
Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment
Level 4, 15 Stout Street, PO Box 1473, Wellington 6140
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Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment
Good afternoon
Please find attached correspondence regarding your Official Information
Act request.
Kind regards
SENIOR MINISTERIAL WRITER
Engagement, Communications and Ministerial Services
Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment
15 Stout Street, Wellington, PO Box 1473, Wellington 6140
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Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment
Dear Mr Meyer
Please find attached a letter in regards to your Official Information Act
request dated 19 May 2017.
Kind regards,
MINISTERIAL ADVISOR
Ministerial Services
Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment
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Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment
Apologies, attached is the letter.
Kind regards
From: *OIA
Sent: Wednesday, 14 June 2017 3:54 p.m.
To: '[FOI #5909 email]'
Subject: DOIA 1617-1427 Tony Meyer - extension letter [UNCLASSIFIED]
Dear Mr Meyer
Please find attached a letter in regards to your Official Information Act
request dated 19 May 2017.
Kind regards,
MINISTERIAL ADVISOR
Ministerial Services
Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment
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Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment
Dear Mr Meyer.
Please see the second part of the response, to your recent request.
Kind regards
Ministerial Services
Engagement, Communications and Ministerial Services
Email: [1][email address]
Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment
15 Stout Street, Wellington, PO Box 1473, Wellington 6140
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Luke C left an annotation ()
This is a well reasoned response from Cert NZ (under the auspices of MBIE).
They invited the requester to narrow the scope of the request and they claim no further clarification was received from the requester. This shows a degree of goodwill to work with the requester to find a solution.
They have provided an evidential basis to support the withholding of the information, which shows they have properly considered the information being requested and its sensitivity.
Interestingly, despite pointing to substantial collation and research as being a possible withholding reason, they have decided to use other reasons such as security of NZ and retaining confidences.
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