According to New Zealand public broadcaster RNZ, the Wellington Cable Car website was compromised [1]. The report indicated that the attack was used to send scam emails [1]. Whether any broader personal data breach occurred remains subject to the original report [1].
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Backfill: this event became public on Mar 13, 2025 and we added it on Nov 10, 2026. It is not a new event.
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New Zealand Media Reports Wellington Cable Car Website Compromised and Used to Send Scam Emails
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- Disclosed
- Mar 13, 2025
- Published
- Nov 10, 2026
- Last updated
- Nov 7, 2026
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Industries mainly affected: Transportation & logistics
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Whether any broader personal data breach occurred remains subject to the original report [1].
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- Incident publicly disclosed[1]
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RNZ reported that the Wellington Cable Car website/domain was compromised and used to send scam emails. This represents a website compromise and follow-on fraud risk incident at a named organization [1].
Source excerpt: "\"Upon discovering this breach, we acted immediately to stop the attack and have implemented additional security measures to further protect our systems,\" it said." [1].
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“"Upon discovering this breach, we acted immediately to stop the attack and have implemented additional security measures to further protect our systems," it said.”
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