Nova Scotia Data Breach

• Nova Scotia’s ‘failure’ to carry out due diligence on FOIPOP website led to data breach: reports

  Nova Scotia's Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner and Auditor General released reports on Tuesday that examined a series of privacy breaches

  Politics

  Jan 15, 2019
  
• Nova Scotia says response to FOIPOP website data breach cost $84K

  The Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Portal website was originally breached from March 3-5, and the site was taken down on April 5.

  Politics

  Nov 16, 2018
  
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• Here is everything we know about Nova Scotia’s FOIPOP website — 5 months after it was taken offline

  The Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy website remains offline, displaying a "system unavailable" message to anyone who tries to access it.

  Politics

  Sep 3, 2018
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• Nova Scotia privacy website at centre of data breach to be brought back online ‘in the coming weeks’

  As of Monday, the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Portal (FOIPOP) website has been offline for 137 days. 

  Canada

  Aug 20, 2018
• Department of Community Services most affected by Nova Scotia data breach: internal emails

  Internal government memos provide the first indication of which parts of the government were most affected by the breach.

  Canada

  Jul 24, 2018
• Nova Scotia approves payroll rebate for company specializing in data breach prevention

  BeyondTrust could potentially create up to a maximum of 150 jobs under the agreement which is set to last five-years

  Politics

  Jul 10, 2018
• Nova Scotia has yet to decide on new contract with company in charge of breached FOIPOP portal

  The FOIPOP portal has been offline since April 5 and the contract between Unisys and the Nova Scotia government expires on June 30.

  Canada

  May 30, 2018
• Still no timeline for fix of website at centre of N.S. data breach 40 days later

  The province's FOIPOP website was taken down on April 5 after a data breach exposed social insurance numbers, birth dates and personal addresses of multiple people.

  Politics

  May 15, 2018
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• Defence lawyer ‘optimistic’ case of alleged breach of government site will end

  David Fraser, a privacy lawyer who accepted the 19-year-old's defence, said today that after meeting with the youth, he's further convinced the man was merely downloading information he believed to be in the public realm.

  Crime

  Apr 26, 2018