The NZNO yesterday notified our Office – as we would expect – that it had fallen victim to a spear phishing scam . An NZNO staff member received an email purportedly from its chief executive asking for names and contact details of all its members . Unfortunately , these details were sent to that email address before it became clear the request was fraudulent . The information lost consisted of the first names , surnames and the email addresses of all its members . NZNO advised us that its IT team attempted to retrieve the email but it was too late . It also attempted to contact the email address provider , Yahoo . The organisation reported the incident to Police and has emailed its members to inform them about the breach . ;