Data Breach
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B.C. school district investigating data breach affecting up to 19,000 peopleThe district said it is investigating how files containing first names, last names, schools/departments, district email addresses and student grades were released.CrimeJan 20
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Around 360K people in Ontario affected by COVAXon privacy breachThe ministry said in over 95 per cent of cases, only names and/or phone numbers were impacted in the breach.CanadaDec 9, 2022
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Former City of Edmonton worker accessed info of 5,000 personnel in 2021 data breachAn outside forensic IT consulting firm identified more than 157,000 records in the data breach, an Edmonton city official said.CanadaNov 30, 2022
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Sobeys data breach serves as wake up call for industry: expertProvincial privacy watchdogs in Quebec and Alberta say they have received data breach reports from Sobeys, which has been dealing with "IT system" issues for much of the past week.ConsumerNov 11, 2022
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Nearly 150K customer records accessed during 2021 data breach: Calgary Parking AuthorityNames, emails, usernames, combined vehicle licensing information and CPA ParkingID numbers were all accessed during a data breach, the Calgary Parking Authority said.ConsumerSep 26, 2022
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City reveals thousands of Hamilton Water customers may have been subject to data breachThe City of Hamilton says around 2,400 water service customers accounts may have been affected by a recent ransomware attack on a third party vendor.ConsumerAug 26, 2022
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3 Toronto arts companies among those impacted by email newsletter cyberattackThe Canadian Opera Company, Toronto Symphony Orchestra and Canadian Stage all emailed subscribers to inform them of a ransomware attack suffered by WordFly.CanadaJul 27, 2022
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St. Marys, Ont. grapples with cyberattack as ransomware group threatens to publish stolen dataSt. Marys spokesperson Brett O'Reilly confirmed to Global News that a cyberattack was the result of the notorious ransomware group LockBit, which has been active since late 2019.CanadaJul 22, 2022
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Worker loses USB stick with personal data of entire city’s residents after night out drinkingThe data included names, birth dates and addresses of all 465,177 people living in Amagasaki, a city northwest of Osaka.TrendingJun 24, 2022
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Calgary charity hit by data breach says it responded appropriately despite client concernsA Calgary charity hit by an email data breach says it followed the right protocols and timelines. But one client has concerns that it took too long to be notified.ConsumerMay 26, 2022
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