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FBI Investigating Attempted Data Breach During Election Fraud
An alleged attempted breach of Ohio’s Lake County elections network failed as a malicious insider’s plans were foiled. Federal and state officials are now investigating the attempted breach that took place during Ohio’s primary elections in early May.
Virginia’s Government IT Agency Hit By Ransomware
Hackers deployed a ransomware attack on the IT agency that serves Virginia’s legislature. The Virginia Division of Legislative Automated Systems is experiencing substantial disruptions to its operations after hackers accessed the agency’s systems and deployed the malicious attack.
Toronto Transit System Hit By Ransomware Attack
After being hit with a ransomware attack late last week, the Toronto Transit Commission is assuring public users and employees that they are not at risk. TTC officials have stated that services and routes are continuing to run but apps and display systems for route information are being affected.
Cyberattack on Government Agency Disrupts Computer Systems
Another US government agency has fallen victim to a recent cyberattack. After suffering from is presumed to have been a ransomware attack, the West Virginia Parkways Authority announced their internal computer systems, email, phone system, and other non-critical applications were affected for several hours.
FBI Email System Compromised In Cyberattack
Tens of thousands of fraudulent emails were sent from a compromised email account belonging to the US Federal Bureau of Investigation. After successfully taking over the account, the threat actor(s) spammed thousands of people by faking an impending cyberattack alert. Many well-known celebrities and journalists were on the recipient list including Jay-Z and Brian Krebs.
Experts Deem N.L. Cyberattack as Canada’s Worst Ever
Experts are deeming the recent cyber attack on the Newfoundland and Labrador healthcare system as one of the worst cyberattacks in Canadian history. Provincial officials are calling for a federal response as widespread interruptions in the healthcare system’s IT network and operations have crippled the network’s ability to provide patient care.
Hackers Leak More Troubling Data for Local Ontario Government
What was already considered a massive data breach for the Durham Regional government, has turned into an even bigger series of unfortunate events as hackers have leaked even more troubling stolen data.
Thousands Affected By CRA Data Breach
The Canada Revenue Agency has temporarily shut down online services after a data breach involving two cyber attacks compromised thousands of accounts linked to their services. In a recent statement, the CRA noted that at least 5,500 accounts have been affected by the two incidents.
$900,000 In Costs For PEI Taxpayers After Ransomware Attack (Update)
After a successful ransomware attack struck P.E.I. government servers earlier this year, ongoing investigations are slowly revealing the total costs of the breach.
PEI Government Investigating Ransomware Attack
After a busy start to 2020, there have been no breaks in action and very little reprieve regarding cyber threats for the Canadian Government and Canadian businesses. Last week saw another province under fire from a malware attack as the Prince Edward Island Government was the latest to be victimized.
144,000 Canadians’ Personal Info Mishandled by Federal Departments
According to the OPC, over the past two years under reported breach numbers indicate that 144,000 Canadians may have had their personal information mishandled by federal departments and agencies. What makes the situation worse, is not all of the citizens involved have been made aware of the respective breaches.
Ransomware Hits Canadian Federal Contractor Bird Construction
Questions have risen about how the Canadian Government performs business with organizations that may be susceptible to cyber attacks after a Toronto based construction company was hit with Ransomware in December 2019. Bird Construction, who has won millions of dollars of military and government contracts with the Canadian Government, had 60 GB of data stolen by an infamous cyber threat group.
Local Canadian Govt Accrues $667,000 in Costs After Ransomware
Although a ransom was not paid, city officials in Woodstock, ON have disclosed that they have spent $667,627 to resolve a ransomware attack from earlier this year.
Nunavut Government Services Impacted By Ransomware
The Government of Nunavut is the latest victim in a string of similar ransomware attacks that seems to be targeting North American governments. The Nunavut government has been unable to provide standard services after the ransomware attack crippled their IT network. According to reports, the comprehensive attack has disabled medical services, family and educational offerings, the local finance department and the territory’s legal system.
$7-$10K Ransom Request Refused by Municipal Ontario Government
On June 30th, hackers exploited a network vulnerability to access the government’s system infecting it with ransomware that cut off access to vital services. While many services were restored within days, government employees still cannot access their email accounts. Officials are refusing to pay the $7,000 to $10,000 ransom payment, and they are attempting to restore services using other measures
BEC Phishing Scam Tricks City into Transferring $530K
A recent email phishing attack was deployed against the City of Burlington, where hackers were able to successfully trick staff members into thinking that they were dealing with established city vendors. By not cluing in on time, the city sent $503,000 to a falsified bank account. The government is now working on updating and implementing new protocols to prevent incidents like this from happening in the future.
2,841 Patients Impacted by Phishing Attack
Hackers were able to gain access to thousands of patients’ information stored on an employee’s email account. The employee was tricked into submitting his credentials to the hackers via an email that was originally thought to be from the company’s IT department. Nova Scotia Health Authority took nearly a month to size up the details of the data that was compromised and still cannot verify the specific data exposure.
8,000 People Warned After BC Pension Plan Data Leak
Approximately 8,000 members of the BC College Pension Plan have received notifications that their information may be at risk of exposure after a data breach was discovered. After moving offices earlier this year, the BC Pension Corporation noticed one box was unaccounted for. Contents of the box included personal information of members who worked from 1982-1997. After being unable to track the location of the box, the company played it safe and declared a data breach.
40K Canadians Potentially Impacted By Lost Gov’t Employee Laptop
Last May, a government employee’s laptop containing thousands of personal files, including sensitive health information., was stolen out of a car. The theft resulted in a severe privacy breach that is estimated to affect up to 40,000 Canadian citizens. Officials have turned their eyes on inadequate privacy training as the primary issue stating that managers have been instructed to delete sensitive data after use. Next steps in remediation will now include a list of new privacy initiatives and protocol to be implemented by 2020, incurring large investments of time and money.
Thousands of Canadians Affected As CRA Employees Caught Snooping
After initially investing $10M on prevention in 2017, the CRA is now having to augment spending as an internal breach has exposed records of over 41,000 Canadian tax payers. Thousands of Canadians had their personal and tax information compromised by CRA employees who were caught inappropriately accessing files. In total 264 workers were reprimanded, 182 faced disciplinary actions, 36 await a pending decision and 46 have left the organization.