Pot shop sales data was ‘misappropriated,’ Ontario cannabis distributor says
May 11, 2022 Tara Deschamps - THE CANADIAN PRESSTORONTO – The Ontario Cannabis Store says a data breach involving some of its sales information is being investigated by the Ontario Provincial Police. Daffyd Roderick, a spokesperson for the Crown agency responsible for distributing cannabis from producers to pot…
Investigation launched into email breach at N.L. fuel company North Atlantic
April 26, 2022 The Canadian PressJOHN’S, N.L. – A fuel company in Newfoundland and Labrador is investigating after an employee’s email account was breached and information was downloaded from the account. A release from NARL Marketing, which operates the North Atlantic outlets across the province,…
Cyberbreach at Rideau Hall was ‘sophisticated’ intrusion, internal documents reveal
April 19, 2022 Jim Bronskill - THE CANADIAN PRESSOTTAWA – Newly disclosed documents reveal the breach of an internal computer network at Rideau Hall was described to senior government officials as a “sophisticated cyber incident” in the days before the public was told of the security lapse. Internal…
RCMP investigating hack of spy watchdog network involving theft of files, agency says
August 27, 2021 Jim Bronskill - THE CANADIAN PRESSOTTAWA – The national spy watchdog says the RCMP is investigating a cybersecurity breach that resulted in the theft of files and the compromise of personal information. The National Security and Intelligence Review Agency says that between March 9 and…
Desjardins revises data theft impact numbers, says 4.2 million affected
November 1, 2019 Julien Arsenault - THE CANADIAN PRESSMONTREAL – The Desjardins Group data theft is much more widespread than first thought and actually hit 4.2 million members, the banking co-operative’s chief executive said Friday. Guy Cormier told a news conference the revised number – which represents the…
How this cyber breach defendant got a six-figure cost award
June 13, 2019 by Greg MeckbachDefendants who won a class-action lawsuit were recently awarded $166,000 to reimburse them for legal costs, but the plaintiffs are appealing. Casino Rama, located near Orillia, Ont. was the target of a cyber breach in 2016 by an unknown criminal.…
Help your client overcome the stigma of the “breach” word
April 23, 2019 by Greg MeckbachManaging cyber risk effectively means considering the business objectives and setting rules on who can declare a breach has occurred, speakers told insurance professionals at a recent conference. “There is a big connotation as it relates to the word ‘breach,’”…
Privacy breach hotel faces class action in Canada
December 11, 2018 Tara Deschamps - THE CANADIAN PRESSTORONTO – Canadians who stayed at Marriott International Inc. and Starwood Canada ULC hotels are taking legal action against the companies following a security breach. At least three proposed class actions have been launched in Toronto and Montreal against the…
Canada Post admits cannabis privacy breach involving online customers
November 7, 2018 Colin Perkel - THE CANADIAN PRESSTORONTO – Canada Post publicly admitted to a privacy breach involving thousands of Ontario’s online cannabis customers on Wednesday after the province’s only outlet for legal recreational marijuana notified clients of the problem. The postal service said in a statement…
The best way to remember the password “&^$$%$&*11GHHffff”
December 14, 2017 David Gambrill, Editor-in-ChiefAlmost all (99%) of U.S. business professionals surveyed in the third part of Intermedia’s 2017 Data Vulnerability Report admitted to doing at least one potentially dangerous action that increased the likelihood of a workplace data breach. These risky actions included…
Personal and health-related information most desirable breach target, big risk for insurance: KPMG speaker
December 12, 2016 Angela Stelmakowich, EditorData breaches involving personal and health-related information are a “huge risk for those in the insurance industry” given that the shelf-life of the data likely runs as long as the affected individual remains alive, Kevvie Fowler, national leader of cyber…