Canada
LifeLabs Canada hit by a Ransomware Attack
LifeLabs, which happens to be Canada’s largest community diagnostics center was hit by a ransomware attack in October this year. And the news is now out that the diagnostics services offering company paid a ransom to free up the data from malware as the cyber attack impacted data of over 15 million patients across Canada. […]
Two Ontario Canada based hospitals hit by Ransomware Attack
Two Ontario based hospital networks were hit by a malware attack early this week locking down their database and offering network issues to staff and patients. The Listowel Wingham Hospital Alliance located in North of Stratford and Wingham Hospital in Northeast Huron County is the victims which have been digitally locked down from access by […]
Stratford City paid $75,091 to free up their database from a ransomware attack
City of Stratford which happens to be an urban town from Ontario, Canada was in news in April this year for a ransomware attack. The staff of the town located on the banks of the Avon River said that their servers were all encrypted with a malware which hit the network on April 14th, 2019. […]
Data Breach at Freedom Mobile Canada leaks info of 15000 customers
Canada based 4th largest wireless telecommunications provider ‘Freedom Mobile’ has made it official that a security lapse on one its servers has led to the information leak of more than 15000 customers. As the server wasn’t protected by any passwords there is a high probability that hackers or someone from the dark web could have […]
Canada might ban Facebook in the region for breaching data privacy laws
The Canadian Data Watchdog has made it public that it might impose a ban on the operations carried over by Facebook (FB) in this region. The office of the Privacy Commissioner claims that the social media giant failed to keep up its public promise to mend its ways on handling its user data and addressing […]
Ransomware attack on Stratford City Hall
While the world is mourning over the fire accident which gutted the renowned Paris monument Notre Dame to ashes, the news is out that hackers targeted the Stratford City hall with a ransomware attack on Sunday last week. Dan Mathieson, the Stratford City Mayor confirmed that the cyber crooks have attacked the database of the […]
APT Lucky Mouse Group targets Canada ICAO via Cyber Attack
Cyber Attack news is out that a hackers group named APT Lucky Mouse has targeted Canada’s International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) in 2016. Highly placed sources say that the attack was of a watering-hole genre and could represent a significant threat to the aviation industry. Cybersecurity Insiders learned that the attack was identified in November […]
Data of 14.8 million 500px users leaked in 2018
Canada based online photography community ‘500px’ has disclosed on Wednesday that its users have to reset their passwords due to a data leak which took place last year. The online photographic firm says that hackers gained access to partial user data from July 5th last year and could have accessed sensitive info such as usernames, […]
Canada’s Coast Capital Savings becomes a victim of Cyber Attack
Surrey-based Coast Capital Savings was subjected to a cyber attack recently and news is out that the hackers managed to siphon thousands of dollars from accounts of more than 140 members in between November and December last year. Though the total amount stolen is yet to be known, highly placed sources say that each member […]
Huawei is a spy agency of the Chinese Communist Party
While China is busy refuting rumors that it launched cyber attacks on UK, US, and Canada, new speculation has emerged that the Huawei is a spy agency operating for Chinese Communist Party-as the smartphone maker wants to dominate the 21st century with its tech. Readers of Cybersecurity Insiders have to notify a fact over here […]
