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Ben McKay

NZ calls out China-backed cyber attack on parliament

NZ Defence Minister Judith Collins has revealed a cyber attack based in China's Hainan province. (Joel Carrett/AAP PHOTOS)

New Zealand has reported a Chinese government-backed cyber attack on its parliament and MPs, the first time Kiwi intelligence agencies have attributed to Beijing an effort to compromise its democratic institutions.

However, unlike similar attacks made public by the UK and US overnight, the government has no plans to retaliate beyond disclosing the incident.

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