BURNABY, B.C. – Simon Fraser University says a cyberattack on a school server has exposed personal information. The British Columbia university says in a statement that spreadsheet data on the breached server contained personal information for a number of current…
REGINA – A report from Saskatchewan’s privacy commissioner says more than 500,000 files with personal information could have been exposed in a ransomware attack on the province’s electronic health information network. The office started an investigation into the December 2019…
In these times of social distancing and working from home, it’s become even more crucial to ensure strong cybersecurity measures are in place for you and your business. Working from home can pose its own challenges and takes adjusting to;…
External attacks on companies result in the most expensive cyber insurance losses, but internal failures like employee mistakes and technical problems are the most frequent generator of claims by number (albeit with a lower financial impact), a new report says.…
OTTAWA – A federal agency that monitors brewing online threats warns of fraudsters dangling COVID-19-related content to fool victims into clicking on malicious links and attachments. Online tricksters know people are anxious about the future and are less likely to…
Cyber insurance is a relatively new line of business in Canada and so it hasn’t seen any hard markets historically — until now, that is. And it seems that insurers have ransomware to thank for that. “I think it is…
MONTREAL – A Montreal health agency has been forced off-line as authorities deal with a cyberattack. Quebec Health Minister Christian Dube said Thursday that specific attacks hit systems at the regional health agency covering west-central Montreal, which oversees the Jewish…
Brokers are advised to factor in the cost of reputational harm for their commercial clients when discussing cyber policy, because that’s typically the most expensive aspect of a breach. Clients typically focus on costs related to notifying clients and forensics,…
More than a month after the Canada Revenue Agency took its website offline in the wake of a major cyberattack, the federal tax collection agency won’t say when it expects its online services to fully return to normal. A number…
Some Canadian brokerages and insurers recently experienced delays in mail pick-up and delivery after a prominent courier service for the Canadian insurance industry suffered a cyberattack. ICS Courier confirmed in a message on its website Monday that it was the…
OTTAWA – The Canada Revenue Agency has temporarily suspended its online services after two cyberattacks in which hackers used thousands of stolen usernames and passwords to fraudulently obtain government services and compromise Canadians’ personal information. A total of 5,500 CRA…
OTTAWA – Canada and the United States are working together to make their high-tech military equipment less hackable, top defence officials said in Ottawa Thursday, but they have a lot of work to do. Speaking to the Ottawa Conference on…