Toronto (March 27, 2020) – In an ongoing investigation, the Financial Crimes Unit of the…
Cambridge woman arrested for alleged online puppy scam
Cambridge (September 9, 2020) – The Waterloo police arrested a Cambridge woman and charged her with several fraud-related offenses in connection with an alleged online puppy scam. She is accused of defrauding ten victims, who were responding to fake online...
Credential stuffing attacks paralyze government online services
August 21, 2020 – The public online services of the government of Canada were recently under a series of cyberattacks. So-called credential stuffing attacks mounted on the GCKey service and the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) accounts to fraudulently obtain government...
713 reports of identity fraud involving CERB
August 14, 2020 – Since spring, scammers have been using Canadian’s personal data to defraud the emergency programs such as the Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB) set up by the government to quickly provide money to people who lost their jobs during the COVID-19...
Cryptocurrency exchange flagged as offshore investment scam
Winnipeg (July 24, 2020) – The Manitoba Securities Commission (MSC) issued an investor alert against the cryptocurrency exchange CrypTrade24. The bitcoin firm, which offers investment plans in cryptocurrency trading, claims to have its headquarter in Churchill,... Russian hacker group attacked organizations involved in COVID-19 vaccine development
Ottawa (July 17, 2020) – The Canadian Communication Security Establishment (CSE) and its international counterparts said that the Russian hacker group, APT29, aka ‘Cozy Bear’ or ‘the Dukes’, targeted health organizations and vaccine research entities in Canada, the...