Data Breach

• Data breach costs mount as attacks target critical infrastructure: IBM

  The 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.

  Tech

  Jul 30
  
• Breach of systems at Montreal borough prompts investigation into possible data theft

  Operations have been affected since Thursday, according to a post on social media from the Anjou borough. Telephone services have also been jeopardized.

  Crime

  Jul 29
  
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• Is your password on the ‘most common’ list? You might be surprised

  New research shows the most common passwords are not safe enough to protect individuals' data online, especially among younger users.

  Tech

  Nov 19, 2025
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• Canadian Tire says recent data breach may have hit online shoppers’ info

  The company says the breached information belongs to shoppers who had an e-commerce account with Canadian Tire or its other banners, SportChek, Mark’s/L’Équipeur and Party City.

  Consumer

  Oct 14, 2025
• Wealthsimple says some SINs accessed in ‘data security incident’

  Wealthsimple says some Canadian clients have had their personal data — including Social Insurance Numbers — compromised in a 'data security incident.'

  Crime

  Sep 5, 2025
• Ontario health agency begins informing patients about months-old data breach

  On Friday, Liberal MPP Adil Shamji published a letter which indicated the data of some 200,000 patients using Ontario Health atHome had been compromised in March.

  Health

  Jul 2, 2025
• Bid by 23andMe’s former CEO to buy company given greenlight by court

  Former CEO Anne Wojcicki's nonprofit TTAM Research Institute will purchase “substantially all” of San Francisco-based 23andMe's assets for US$305 million.

  U.S. News

  Jul 1, 2025
• Ontario health agency ordered to inform patients of major data breach

  Premier Doug Ford, his health minister and the IPC all appeared to confirm the data of patients using the Ontario Health atHome service may have been breached earlier this year.

  Politics

  Jun 27, 2025
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• Thieves gain access to about 140,000 social insurance numbers in NS Power database

  Nova 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.

  Canada

  May 29, 2025
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• Class-action lawsuit filed against Interior Health over 2009 data breach

  Thes Interior Health Authority is facing a class-action lawsuit over a data breach in 2009 that allegedly compromised thousands of employees' personal information.

  Health

  May 23, 2025