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Reuters
Reuters
Politics
By Lucy Craymer

New Zealand security chiefs increasingly concerned about foreign interference

New Zealand intelligence agencies are growing more concerned about both foreign interference and malicious cyber activity ahead of elections in October, the country’s intelligence chiefs said on Monday.

“It's fair to say that concern about foreign interference as well as malicious cyber activity is growing,” Andrew Hampton, director general of the New Zealand Government Communications Security Bureau (GCSB), told media after testifying at parliament.

“That's not just the domestic trend it's the international trend as well,” he said.

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