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Experts urge vigilance in wake of ‘supermassive leak’ of digital data“I haven’t seen anything like it,” Canada Research Chair in Security and Privacy Natalia Stakhanova told Global News Wednesday. “It’s a different scale.”CanadaJan 24
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Hackers access hundreds of Metro Vancouver Transit Police filesMetro Vancouver Transit Police say the agency was targeted by hackers who accessed almost 200 of its files as part of a global wave of attacks.CrimeJun 19, 2023
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U.S. government agencies latest target in global hacking campaign: cyber watchdogThe agency was working to fully figure out the attack's impact and coordinating with other agencies to ensure a remediation, Easterly said.U.S. NewsJun 15, 2023
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Nova Scotia identifies thousands of stolen records in global security breachThe stolen information includes 55,000 records with names, addresses, dates of birth and years of service involving past and present teachers.CanadaJun 9, 2023
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Cyber gang behind N.S. breach says it erased stolen data, but experts urge cautionA threat analyst with cybersecurity company Emsisoft says the cyber gang's claim to have deleted data belonging to public sector bodies should be assumed to be false.CanadaJun 7, 2023
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OSSTF confirms current and past members’ information compromised in cyberattackThe Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation (OSSTF) is confirming to Global News that a number of its current and past members’ information was breached in a cyberattack.EducationNov 23, 2022
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Peterborough, Northumberland, Haliburton paramedics report cyberattack on patient softwareAccording to both counties, it received notification from software developer ESO about a cybersecurity incident on their software which captures patient data.CrimeNov 17, 2022
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St. Amant Centre warns personal health information may have been breached in hackSt. Amant Centre says the hack was likely an attempted ransomware attack.CanadaOct 21, 2022
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Peterborough eco-tourism business PedalBoro warns of Facebook page hackPedalBoro is warning the public not to contact them on their Facebook page after they say it was taken over by unknown users.ConsumerJul 4, 2022
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Mother desperate to get deceased son’s hijacked Facebook account back"It's been devastating to me ... if I want to look at posts from my son that my son may have sent me, I have to go under somebody else's name," she said.CrimeMay 25, 2022
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