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The accused became a suspect when the FBI contacted Canadian intelligence after observing a surge in ransomware attacks in Alaska in 2018. The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) has announced that a Canadian citizen has been accused of coordinating cyberattacks including ransomware attacks not only on users but against government agencies and businesses. The 31-year-old Matthew […]
Although unconfirmed; the notorious REvil ransomware gang could be behind the DDoS attacks on VoIP.ms. A Quebec-based Internet phone service provider VoIP.ms, which offers voice-over-IP services, has been down since September 17th. Reportedly, the firm is being held to ransom after becoming a victim of a massive and sustained DDoS attack. The assault has severely […]
In total, CPA exposed 502 GB worth of data without any security authentication. Anurag Sen, a security researcher identified a data leak in which a server belonging to the Calgary Parking Authority (CPA) was found exposing the private information of thousands of drivers across Calgary, including some user passwords. SEE: Database with millions of Instagram […]
According to Canada Post, sensitive information of over 950,000 customers and 44 of its large business clients has been exposed in the malware attack. Another day, another data breach. This time, the victim is the Canadian postal agency Canada Post who on Wednesday confirmed in a press release that data of over 950,000 of its customers could […]
The payments systems remained ineffective for three days after the ransomware attack, but payment data is safe, claims TransLink. TransLink, the agency that manages the transit system of Metro Vancouver, has become the latest victim of a ransomware attack. According to reports, the Metro’s payment systems were targeted by Egregor ransomware operators, after which the […]
The data breach that hit Desjardins last June continues to have consequences. According to digital forensics specialists, the Canadian credit union fired its chief operating officer (COO) and vice president of technology for their relationship with the incident that led to the exposure of data from more than 4 million members. In addition to affecting […]
According to data protection specialists, for one year now all Canadian companies have been subject to the Personal Information and Electronic Documents Protection Act, which requires them to report on any information security incidents. This is a fundamental change, since previously the cybersecurity incident report was submitted voluntarily; as of the entry into force of […]
Ransomware remains one of the main cybersecurity threats for any individual or company. Vulnerability testing specialists report a serious ransomware infection that has crippled all computer operations in Nunavut, a remote Canadian territory. In a statement, the local government said, “All government services that depend on access to digital resources have been affected by a […]
Last April information security audit specialists reported a ransomware infection in the IT systems of Stratford, a small city in Ontario region, Canada. After a couple of weeks without being able to access their systems, the local government decided to pay the hackers about $75k USD in cryptocurrency to retrieve access to the compromised information. […]
A hacker or simply call them a cyber criminal hacked into the independent student newspaper of the University of Ottawa (uOttawa) “The Fulcrum” and ended up deleting the entire website early Sunday morning. The Fulcrum has been serving the University of Ottawa since 1942 while the website has been online since 2006. The deleted content […]
The company claims it does not share user data with others but looks like it does. Another day, another data breach; this time an unprotected database has been discovered leaking personal and financial data of millions of Canadians. Identified by researchers at vpnMentor along with hacktivists Noam Rotem and Ran Locar; the database belonged to […]
The Canada-based cryptocurrency exchange QuardigaCX has suffered a major setback after the untimely death of its founder and CEO Gerald Cotten. Apparently, Cotten had exclusive and crucial information about the exchange’s password. Now that the CEO is no more, the exchange claims to have lost access to an exorbitant virtual currency amount that totals around […]
AlphaBay was one of the largest dark web marketplaces – In 2017, its admin Alexandre Cazes committed suicide in a Thai prison. The Fresno Division of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California has finally concluded a 14-month long civil forfeiture case and allowed seizure of property and assets of a Canadian national Alexandre Cazes […]
The town of Midland, Ontario, Canada, has decided to pay cybercriminals after its servers were targeted and infected with a nasty ransomware on Saturday, September 1, at approximately 2 a.m. The total amount of ransom payment has not been disclosed but the demand from cybercriminals was that they must be paid in Bitcoin if the town wants […]
He is now diagnosed with a condition called Pedophilic Disorder. An Ottawa-based animator has received 28 months in prison for possessing child pornography content. The 55-year old Tom Wysom is an artist by profession, who is known for his contribution in various animated TV shows for children including My Little Pony. At the time of his […]
Lately we have seen many attacks on banks, this time the malicious actors have turned to two Canadian banks. According to information security experts, hackers have stolen financial information from more than 90,000 customers. One of the affected banks is the Bank of Montreal (BMO), the fourth largest bank and credit institution in Canada, part […]
The same hacker was once known as “international hacker-for-hire.” Karim Baratov, 23, a Canadian hacker who in November 2017 pleaded guilty to hacking charges related to a massive data breach in which 500 million Yahoo accounts were compromised has been sentenced five years in prison – Baratov was arrested in March from Hamilton, Ontario. Yahoo suffered a data breach in 2014 […]
Hackers have stolen financial data of thousands of customers – Reportedly 50,000 from BMO and 40,000 customers from CIBC have been affected. Hackers have targeted two mainstream Canadian banks, as a result, financial information of roughly 90,000 customers has been stolen. One of the two banks happens to be the Bank of Montreal (BMO), Canada’s fourth-largest lender […]
Location tracking firm “LocationSmart” has been caught putting the physical security of US citizens at risk and its data collection tactics have opened a new pandora box. A United States-based location-as-a-service (LaaS) firm “LocationSmart” known for providing real-time location data of cellphones users in the country has been caught leaking that information due to a vulnerability in […]
On January 27, 2017, the breach notification and password service Leakedsource.com went offline without stating any obvious reason. At the time, users speculated that the site has been raided by law enforcement authorities but there was nothing conclusive other than an Anonymous message on Pastebin website stating that: “LeakedSource is down forever and won’t be coming back. […]
The automotive giant Nissan says its operations in Canada has been hit by a cyber attack in which personal data of 1.13 million Nissan Canada Finance and INFINITI Financial Services customers have been compromised. The company discovered “unauthorized persons” breached its servers on December 11th and accessed personal information of its customers who used its services to finance their vehicles. According […]