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Credential stuffing attacks paralyze government online services

Credential stuffing attacks paralyze government online services

by Admin | Aug 21, 2020 | Benefits Fraud, Featured, Online Fraud, Privacy Breach

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...
Former 407 ETR employee charged for 2018 internal data theft

Former 407 ETR employee charged for 2018 internal data theft

by Admin | Jul 28, 2020 | Employee Fraud, Featured, Identity Fraud, Privacy Breach

Woodbridge (July 28, 2020) – The York Regional Police arrested a former 407 ETR employee, Varun (Bobby) Saini, on July 23 for internal data theft that allegedly occurred in 2018. He is accused of unlawfully obtaining the personal information of 60,000 407 ETR...
CPA hit by cyberattack resulting in data breach

CPA hit by cyberattack resulting in data breach

by Admin | Jun 5, 2020 | Cybercrime, Featured, phishing, Privacy Breach

Toronto (June 5, 2020) – Chartered Professional Accountants Canada (CPA) fell victim to a cyberattack. Their website was targeted and the personal information of more than 329,000 subscribers of CPA Magazine was breached including names, addresses, emails, and...
U.S. charges Chinese military hackers for Equifax breach

U.S. charges Chinese military hackers for Equifax breach

by Admin | Feb 11, 2020 | Featured, Identity Fraud, International Fraud, Privacy Breach

Washington (February 11, 2020) – The U.S. Department of Justice and the FBI announced charges against four Chinese military hackers in connection with the massive Equifax breach of 2017. After a two-year investigation, the members of China’s People’s Liberation Army...
LifeLabs customers’ personal information compromised after cyberattack

LifeLabs customers’ personal information compromised after cyberattack

by Admin | Dec 18, 2019 | Featured, Identity Fraud, Privacy Breach

Toronto (December 18, 2019) – A cyberattack hit LifeLabs and accessed its computer systems with customer information. Canada’s largest private provider of diagnostic testing for health care identified the attack at the end of October. To date, the company estimates...
One year of mandatory breach reporting – over 28 million Canadians affected

One year of mandatory breach reporting – over 28 million Canadians affected

by Admin | Nov 8, 2019 | Featured, Identity Fraud, Privacy Breach

Gatineau (November 8, 2019) – The Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC) recapitulates on one year of mandatory data breach reporting. On November 1, 2018, new regulations went into effect under Canada’s federal private sector privacy law. Since then the...
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