Hack history / 2020 / Hack or exploit
NZX
Hack or exploit on Aug 28, 2020 · DDoS Attack
ONE SOURCE · 1 SOURCE
Lost
undisclosed
dollars at the time
Returned
none listed
as the sources state it
Rank
not ranked
collapses, frauds and later news are not ranked
What happened
The New Zealand Stock Exchange (NZX) went offline for two days in a row due to a cyber attack. NZX said on Tuesday it was first hit by a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack from abroad. The emails threatening DDoS attacks came from Fancy Bear, a well-known Russian hacking group.
Details
- Date
- Aug 28, 2020
- Kind
- Hack or exploit
- Method
- DDoS Attack
- How in
- Other
- Target
- not stated
- Chains
- not stated
Reported by
Related incidents
Cite this page
SwanBluechip, "NZX hack, Aug 28, 2020: undisclosed lost", Crypto hack history, https://swan-hack-tracker.pages.dev/history/i/hte1e468873c/ (data as of 2026-11-01).