Hackers

• Email inboxes, ‘sensitive personal information’ accessed in B.C. government hack

  The province has previously said it was confident the attack, detected April 10, was led by a 'state or state-sponsored actor.'

  Crime

  Jun 3
  
• First Nations Health Authority latest B.C. victim of cyberattack

  The First Nations Health Authority is the latest B.C. organization to face a cyberattack, and says employee and some public data may have been breached.

  Crime

  May 22
  
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• B.C. government says cyber incident not a ransomware attack, details still scarce

  The province revealed late Wednesday that it had identified “sophisticated cybersecurity incidents involving government networks.”

  Crime

  May 9
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• Libraries in B.C. Interior breached by hackers demanding ransom

  B.C. libraries have been targeted by a hacker who demanded a ransom or they would release user data that includes the phone numbers and email addresses of some clients.

  Entertainment

  May 3
• Workers’ SIN, IDs likely taken in Toronto library hack, could end up on dark web: TPL

  Personal information, including social insurance numbers, of current and former employees has likely been taken in Toronto Public Library cyberattack.

  Canada

  Nov 16, 2023
• ‘Hostile actors’ had access to U.K.’s Electoral Commission for over a year

  The U.K.'s Electoral Commission has been hacked by 'hostile actors' who had access to its system and emails unknowingly for over a year, the agency said Tuesday.

  Canada

  Aug 8, 2023
• Thousands of B.C. health-care workers’ information exposed in data breach

  Health officials say hackers accessed a server hosting thousands of people's sensitive data from several programs operated by the Health Employers Association of B.C. this month.

  Crime

  Aug 1, 2023
• Hackers access hundreds of Metro Vancouver Transit Police files

  Metro 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.

  Crime

  Jun 19, 2023
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• Court scuttles class-action over TransLink data breach, ruling reveals new details

  The ruling reveals new details about the December, 2020 attack, including that nearly 40,000 people were informed their personal information may have been accessed.

  Crime

  Jun 7, 2023
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• When hackers took over her Facebook page, a Vernon, B.C. photographer found a way to adapt

  The Vernon business owner says her attempts to get help from Facebook to recover the business page, which had been taken over by meme-posting hackers, didn't go anywhere.

  Canada

  Apr 4, 2023