Cybersecurity
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WestJet says cyberattack remains unresolved 1 week in, but operations not impactedSpokesman Josh Yeats says investigations in collaboration with law enforcement are ongoing.Jun 20
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TikTok’s Chinese owner may get more time to sell, Trump suggestsTikTok's parent company, based in China, may be getting an extended deadline from U.S. President Donald Trump to divest its popular video sharing app.U.S. NewsJun 17
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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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U.S. college student to plead guilty in hack reportedly tied to PowerSchoolPowerSchool was not named in the court filings, but multiple U.S. news outlets, each citing a source familiar with the case, reported the company’s involvement.U.S. NewsMay 21
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Canucks say ‘X’ account ‘compromised’ after Elon Musk, crypto posts appearPosts appeared on the account Monday afternoon touting cryptocurrency, including one with an apparently deep-faked video of X owner Elon Musk promising a "crypto giveaway."CrimeMay 5
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The PowerSchool data breach is now under a Canadian privacy investigationMore than 2.77 million students were impacted by the PowerSchool data breach, according to numbers provided by multiple school boards.CanadaFeb 11
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PowerSchool data breach now at 2.4M Canadian kids. How to protect yourselfThe number of students confirmed to have been impacted by the PowerSchool data breach has risen to 2.4 million, and it's expected to grow as more data is released.CanadaJan 23
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Cyber incident at Ontario’s largest school board involves data going back to 1985Software made by the company PowerSchool, which stores data for boards across the continent, was subject to a high-profile breach at the beginning of the year.CanadaJan 20
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Manitoba auditor general calls for better cybersecurity, financial reportingThe province's auditor general said Manitoba Shared Health has a process to respond to cyberattacks but has not been running tests for scenarios such as ransomware or data theft.CanadaDec 19, 2024
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Safe holiday shopping: Tips and tricks to avoid falling victim to a scamWith holiday shopping in full swing, cybersecurity analyst Ritesh Kotak warns that online scams on the rise, and they're more sophisticated thanks to artificial intelligence.ConsumerNov 17, 2024
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