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Expert says odds are against municipalities amid ‘significant cyber attack’ on City of Saint John"Our IT teams and our security teams have to be right 100 per cent of the time. A criminal just needs to get right once," says cybersecurity expert David Shipley.TechNov 16, 2020
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VPD asking for help locating woman charged in violent sexual assaultVancouver police are asking for the public’s help in locating a charged suspect who failed to return to a half-way house.CrimeAug 6, 2020
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SHA must do more to prevent breaches: Saskatchewan privacy commissionerThe province's privacy commissioner says the Saskatchewan Health Authority must do more to prevent privacy breaches after 59 patient's information were lost or stolen.HealthDec 17, 2019
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HRM issues tender for Halifax police’s armoured rescue vehicleThe vehicle is also expected to come with a front-mounted "powered ram" that will be at least eight feet long and capable of conducting "mechanical breaches."ÂPoliticsApr 22, 2019
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No action taken to improve cybersecurity after N.S. government data breach: MLAsMonths after a massive online data breach government, MLAs say it’s important to be safe online. However, no push to increase their online security has been undertaken.PoliticsJan 16, 2019
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Malware on Nova Scotia Business Inc.’s website went unnoticed for up to 6 yearsA spokesperson for NSBI said there was no evidence found to suggest that any personal information was inappropriately accessed despite several attempts.NewsSep 20, 2018
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N.S. privacy commissioner says Health Department’s response to ‘snooping pharmacist’ disappointingNova Scotia's privacy commissioner, Catherine Tully, says the provincial government declined multiple offers to meet with representatives of her office to discuss the report.HealthSep 10, 2018
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Australian teenager hacked Apple’s network multiple times, accessed 90GB worth of filesThe boy stored the stolen files in a folder entitled "hacky hack hack," and reportedly downloaded over 90 gigabytes of data and accessed customer accounts without exposing his identity.ConsumerAug 17, 2018
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200 million people across U.S. and Canada had real-time location exposedLocationSmart, which collects location data from millions of cellphones across North America, reportedly revealed the real-time location of over 200 million people due to a website bug.CanadaMay 19, 2018
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FOIPOP website still down as vendor contract nears expirationThe temporary shutdown of the Nova Scotia Freedom of Information website continues just weeks before the vendor responsible for maintaining the site is due for a new contract.PoliticsMay 3, 2018
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