Officials have highlighted the need to protect critical infrastructure in New Zealand in a briefing to the Minister for National Security and Intelligence, Christopher Luxon.
Officials have warned Luxon about the increasing risks of foreign interference, particularly from countries like China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea. These countries are seen as engaging in activities that threaten New Zealand’s national security by targeting its critical infrastructure, co-opting influential individuals, and conducting cyber attacks.
New Zealand has been undergoing major reforms to its national security setup, including an overhaul that identifies 12 core national security areas with a specific focus on countering foreign interference and protecting critical infrastructure and sensitive technology, according to a report today in legacy media outlet Newshub. This comes amid reports of state-backed Chinese hackers targeting critical infrastructure in the US, signaling the global scale of the threat.
The briefing to Luxon outlined the strategic competition posed by China’s growing global influence and the need for New Zealand to improve its critical infrastructure’s resilience. Although there is a plan to enhance resilience, legislation will not be introduced until after a second phase of public consultation due later in the year.
US officials have warned of the far-reaching impacts of disruptions to critical infrastructure. Meanwhile, New Zealand’s security agencies have been working towards ‘greater transparency’ and beefing up criminal offenses related to foreign interference, with emerging technologies presenting ‘both opportunities and challenges’ in the national security landscape.
Despite the outlined risks and ongoing reforms, the briefing did not address the establishment of a National Intelligence Agency as recommended by the Royal Commission into the Christchurch Mosque attacks.
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“Yeah um, the world’s a super dangerous place, so we’re gonna need to start spying on our citizens harder. Okay? Okay 🙂”
Waihopai is already doing that
https://theintercept.com/2015/03/07/new-zealand-ironsand-waihopai-nsa-gcsb/
Yeah just as excuse to limit human rights and pass repressive legislation, whilst buying worthless crap from the US military machine using our tax dollars. Another disgrace of a globalist NZ government.
What would be a prime target?
A bit rich of US Officials briefing Us on threats to critical infrastructure with their wide open borders and upwards of 10 million illegal aliens having crossed into the US many of military eligible age
Eagle Pass is only a fly in the ointment
You will have to supply a digital id for access to life or debanked……as that make us all safe aye…….our biggest threat to humanity is clearly govt and the your all guilty mentality.
JA is working on it, so it must be terrible policy to come…
World Government is the Beast of Revelation 13:1
That came up out of the sea
Non Israel humanity
J*ws ain’t Israel
Rev 21:1 at the End of the Millennium First Resurrection Second Death Lake of Fire
Foreign threats to New Zealand are nothing compared to the damage done by the last Government.
Behind the Beehive
Antoinette James
Freedoms Rampart
Bitchute
You mean like how Germany’s natural gas pipeline was blown up, leading to massive financial decline. Oh wait…that was the US who blew that up.
Video: America is at War with Europe
https://www.globalresearch.ca/video-america-is-at-war-with-europe/5808102
Now The Biden administration is pausing approvals of pending applications for liquefied natural gas exports to countries with which the United States does not have free trade agreements, citing environmental concerns related to climate change as a key reason for the move.
Which in reality is punishing Texas for its stance on the open US Border
Then there’s the Red Sea Suez issue
Blackrock want you to protect their property now that they now own NZ
Critical infrastructure….ummmm…..let me guess…..oil refinery?
NZ doesn’t have any oil refineries.
Marsden Point was closed under the previous communist government.
Nothing to be concerned about clearly.
Exactly!!
I’ve invented a moped that runs on cow farts if anyone’s interested.
1km per fart +GST.
Brilliant! Congrats. I love science and innovation.
Impressive. Great to know that the cow fart combustion engine has finally debunked the first law of thermodynamics.