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WestJet says operations running smoothly after ‘cybersecurity incident’The Calgary-based airline says access to some of its servers and software systems has been impacted but added its operations are nonetheless running safely.CanadaJun 14
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Nova Scotia Power CEO, staff grilled by politicians over cybersecurity breachPoliticians took aim at Nova Scotia Power Wednesday, saying the utility owes ratepayers answers after a cybersecurity breach allowed access to data belonging to 280,000 customers.CrimeJun 4
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‘Sophisticated’ Nova Scotia Power cybersecurity breach cause for concern, says expertNova Scotia Power announced on April 25 that one of its servers and parts of its network were compromised in a cybersecurity attack.CanadaMay 26
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Customers’ personal information stolen during cybersecurity breach: Nova Scotia PowerThe company says it has taken steps to contain the breach and has started an investigation with the help of external cybersecurity experts.CanadaMay 1
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Google inks biggest deal to date for Wiz, a cybersecurity firmGoogle will buy cybersecurity firm Wiz for US$32 billion to boost the tech giant’s in-house cloud computing amid burgeoning artificial intelligence growth.TechMar 18
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Thieves gain access to about 140,000 social insurance numbers in NS Power databaseNova Scotia Power's CEO says up to 140,000 social insurance numbers could have been stolen by cyber-thieves who recently hacked into the utility's customer records.CanadaMay 29
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Nova Scotia Power confirms server breach was ‘sophisticated’ ransomware attackThe private utility says it never made a payment to the person or group behind the “sophisticated” attack.CanadaMay 23
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Federal privacy czar starts probe into theft of customer data from Nova Scotia PowerPrivately owned Nova Scotia Power confirmed last week that hackers stole the data and published it on the dark web.CanadaMay 28
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Richmond, B.C. youth arrested in BCLC PlayNow cyberattackPlayNow.com experiened a "credential stuffing" attack, in which someone tries to get into users' accounts with email and password combinations hacked or stolen from other websites.CrimeMay 21
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Nova Scotia electric utility says stolen customer data includes bank account numbersNova Scotia Power says its servers were breached on or around March 19 and that information "was accessed and later taken by an unauthorized third party."CanadaMay 14
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Widespread Bell outage now fixed as company says update was to blameBell says an update impacted some of its routers causing an internet outage on Wednesday morning, with tens of thousands of Canadians reporting to DownDetector they had no service.CanadaMay 21
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Theft of NS Power customer data is likely ransomware attack: security expertsSecurity experts say the theft of customer data from Nova Scotia's electric utility has the hallmarks of an extortion attempt by cybercriminals.CanadaMay 13
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G7 finance officials meet in Banff with Trump tariffs, Ukraine top of mindFinance Minister François-Philippe Champagne and Bank of Canada governor Tiff Macklem will lead the meetings, which come ahead of June's G7 Leaders' Summit in Kananaskis, Alta.WorldMay 20
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From $50K per day to 18 months in jail: Quebec intimate image sharing law comes into effectQuebec’s new law lets victims quickly get court orders to remove intimate images shared without consent, with steep fines for offenders who don’t comply.CrimeJun 6
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Canada reviewing defence spending ‘top to bottom’ as NATO eyes 5%: ministerDavid McGuinty said the federal government will have more to say "very soon" about its alliance spending commitments and will be "making announcements in this regard."CanadaJun 5
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He’s not a CIBC customer. So how did a fraudster open a line of credit in his name?After Consumer Matters reached out, Steve Jones says he received a call from CIBC informing him his credit score would be corrected within three to five business days.ConsumerMay 12
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NATO weighs U.S. demand to spend 5% on defenceThe debate on defence spending is heating up ahead of a summit of U.S. President Donald Trump and his NATO counterparts in the Netherlands in June.U.S. NewsMay 15
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New Brunswick premier sends Carney letter outlining priorities, wish listPremier Holt is calling for urgent action to develop national trade and resource corridors to provide an alternative to trade with the United States.PoliticsMay 1
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Quebec’s failed SAAQclic project could cost $500M, inquiry hearsAlain Fortin, Quebec's interim auditor general, testified that cost overruns the SAAQclic project will come in at $1.1 billion by 2027, nearly $500 million overbudget.PoliticsApr 28
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Driverless delivery vehicles set to hit Toronto streets this springIn a report to Toronto's infrastructure and environment committee, the general manager of transportation services said the program will begin in the coming months.PoliticsMay 1