companion allegedly hacked as reported by Blackfog with details: New Zealand based payments solutions provider Smartpay Holdings faced a ransomware tone-beginning this month, becoming one of the latest victims to in a swerve of cyberattacks against organizations in the NZ and Australia in the past year. Payment platforms and terminals were not affected by the incident. The companion conducted an investigation which revealed that information from customers in Australia and New zealand had been stolen from its systems.