Business Update - October 2020

In this issue:

Cyber Smart Week 2020 – Step up your cyber defence
Illegal transmission on Police channels

Cyber Smart Week 2020 – Step up your cyber defence

Did you know CERT NZ will be holding their annual awareness Cyber Smart Week from 19 – 23 October 2020 this year?

The primary goal of Cyber Smart Week is to increase the cyber resilience of all New Zealanders so they are less vulnerable to cyber-attacks.

Illegal transmission on Police channels

It is illegal for any person (apart from NZ Police) to transmit on Police channels. Unsolicited radiocommunications can cause serious harm and put Officers and the New Zealand public in danger. Radio Spectrum Management takes a very serious stance against those who disrupt or cause interference to Police or other emergency services.

Recently, Radio Spectrum Management assisted the Otago Police in bringing charges against Scott Kelly who was intentionally disrupting Police radiocommunications. The culprit was using an illegal radio to cause havoc in Mosgiel. Kelly appeared in the Dunedin District Court and pleaded guilty to several police charges and two charges under the Radiocommunication Act 1989, s113 and s114.