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Five Eyes issue ‘call to action’ as AI becomes a ‘core’ cybersecurity riskThe joint advisory says AI offers 'powerful tools' to strengthen cyber defences and urges organizations to integrate them into their core business strategies.TechJun 24
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Anthropic AI models hack multiple organizations during research testingAnthropic posted on its website Thursday that it discovered the three incidents after reviewing more than 141,000 evaluation runs.TrendingJul 31
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Data breach costs mount as attacks target critical infrastructure: IBMThe cost of data breaches to Canadian businesses has reached a record high of more than $7 million on average, according to a new report from IBM.TechJul 30
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Quebec and Alberta announce plan to work together to deploy AI in governmentThe Quebec and Alberta governments are planning to work together to implement artificial intelligence in public administration as part of new initiatives in the tech industry.TechJul 15
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Cyberattacks on water systems are growing in the U.S. — is Iran involved?Federal and state officials in the U.S. are investigating a series of cyberattacks on water and wastewater systems in at least seven states this week.TechJul 31
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Auto theft is falling, but few Canadians feel vehicles are secure: surveyA new survey from Équité Association found just 18 per cent of respondents believe vehicles being sold today can withstand modern auto theft tactics.CanadaJul 21
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OpenAI says its AI hacked another company in ‘unprecedented cyber incident’“We had a significant security incident during evaluation of our models,” OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said in a statement posted on social media.TechJul 22
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Elections Alberta says ‘spoof’ website’s voter info is all fakeChief Electoral Officer Gordon McClure says his office doesn't have the legislative authority or jurisdiction to investigate the fake website.PoliticsJul 9
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Several Canadian universities face security breach, student data leakedThe U of T, UBC and U of A are amongst the major Canadian post-secondary institutions dealing with fallout from a cybersecurity incident involving a popular platform called Canvas.EducationMay 8
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‘I feel so bad and so trapped’: Rogers customer falls victim to sophisticated delivery scamThe B.C. resident says back in February, she signed up for a new device through her Rogers app and added a new phone line to her account.ConsumerJul 16
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Is BlackBerry ‘back’? Former smartphone maker hits key earnings milestoneFormer smartphone maker BlackBerry just hit a key earnings milestone after nine years and as its stock jumped on the news, one analyst says the Canadian company is now 'back.'TechJun 26
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Carney signs strategic pact with Philippines during Marcos visit to CanadaPrime Minister Mark Carney welcomed Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to Vancouver, in the first visit of the country's head of state to Canada in more than a decade.PoliticsJul 2
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Hamilton is on the verge of a data centre moratorium vote. Others are taking notice.Hamilton would join a wave of cities in the United States who have passed similar pauses for possible artificial intelligence data centres.CanadaJul 14
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Ontario jail forced to take servers offline after suffering ‘breach’ of security systemsStaff at the Central East Correctional Centre in Lindsay, Ont., realized the jail had suffered a 'breach related to its security systems' sometime on June 1.CanadaJun 17
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Ford government scolded agency over cyber attack. Docs show it knew a month earlierAn Ontario Liberal MPP raised the alarm about a major ransomware attack suffered by one of Ontario Health atHome's key vendors last year.CanadaJun 16
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Trump calls off signing AI order on concerns of stalling the industryU.S. President Donald Trump called off a signing ceremony Thursday for a new order on artificial intelligence because he worried it could dull America’s edge on AI technology.U.S. NewsMay 21
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Canada has access to Anthropic’s powerful Mythos AI model, minister saysAI Minister Evan Solomon said the government has signed onto Project Glasswing, which Anthropic launched to allow companies to use Mythos to test for security vulnerabilities.TechJun 2
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Exclusive: Former RCMP officer cleared of allegation he helped China demands answersIn his first interview since his acquittal, William Majcher said Canada needs better national security investigations.CanadaJun 16
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Signal, DuckDuckGo among firms weighing Canada exit over lawful access billSignal is among the most prominent platforms to make such a threat while speaking out against Bill C-22, while VPN providers have also threatened to leave or curtail services.TechJun 4
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Canada unveils AI strategy with plans for widespread adoption, data centresThe strategy wants to restrict the use of AI for surveillance pricing, and ramp up use by Canadians – but doesn’t estimate job losses.CanadaJun 4