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London Drugs closes all of its stores after cyberattack
A woman waits outside of the London Drugs Broadway and Vine location in Vancouver. on Monday, April 29, 2024. London Drugs says it has temporarily closed all of its stores in Western Canada as it grapples with a "cybersecurity incident." THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ethan Cairns
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University of Winnipeg says some staff, student information stolen in cyberattack
An investigation into a cyberattack that took down the University of Winnipeg's network last week has found personal information from some staff and students was compromised. A man uses a computer keyboard in Toronto in this Sunday, Oct. 9, 2023 photo illustration. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graeme Roy
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Ontario hospitals send 326K letters to patients whose info was stolen in cyberattack
People come and go from the emergency department at Blue Water Health in Sarnia, Ont., on Monday, Dec. 18, 2023. Blue Water Health was one of five Southwestern Ontario hospitals at the centre of a cyber attack in October.�
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Systems restored after Toronto hospital network outage, cyberattack ruled out by UHN
A large Toronto hospital group says some procedures have been cancelled as they respond to a network outage across all its sites, though it says the problem is not related to a cyberattack.Toronto General Hospital signage is shown on April 5, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Doug Ives
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Financial watchdog FinTRAC hit by cyberattack, classified systems not involved
Canada's financial intelligence agency says it has been hit by a cyber attack. A man uses a computer keyboard in Toronto in this Sunday, Oct. 9 photo illustration.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graeme Roy
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Personal cyber insurance nascent but growing in demand in Canada as digital crimes increase
As the number of cyberattacks grows, more people are seeking out personal cyber insurance. A woman types on a laptop on a train in New Jersey on May 18, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP, Jenny Kane
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Here’s how we can improve cybersecurity for Canadians and businesses
Byron Holland
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Toronto Zoo says it’s experiencing a cyberattack but operations, website not affected
<div>The Toronto Zoo says it is dealing with a ransomware cyberattack that was first detected on Friday. A male tiger walks in his enclosure at the Toronto zoo in Toronto on Thursday, March 17, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette</div>
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Hackers linked to Russian spy agency claim cyberattack on Ukrainian cell network
Cyber crime hacker.Unknown identity of cyber criminal .
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Toronto Public Library workers’ personal information likely taken in hack
Toronto Public Library says employee information dating back more than 20 years has likely been taken in a cyberattack, including social insurance numbers and copies of government-issued identification. A man uses a computer keyboard in Toronto, Monday, Oct. 9, 2023 in this photo illustration. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graeme Roy
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Nearly all Toronto Public Library services restored after cyberattack
Books sit on a shelf at an Etobicoke library, in Toronto, Sunday, April 16, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young
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More than half of B.C. businesses in survey reported cyberattacks in past year
A man uses a computer keyboard in Toronto in this Sunday, Oct. 9, 2023 photo illustration. Global accounting firm KPMG says cybercrime is a growing issue in Metro Vancouver and on Vancouver Island. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graeme Roy
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Why you need a cybersecurity strategy for your employees, vendors and contractors
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Cybersecurity success: Why SMEs must protect themselves from all angles
Training employees, making sure everyone using the platform has strong passwords, patching and updating systems and managing access to controls are just a few ways to build your company’s cybersecure infrastructure.
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Air Canada says unauthorized group breached employee data, hacked internal system
Canada's biggest airline says an unauthorized group briefly breached an internal system linked to the personal information and records of some employees. Air Canada logos are seen on the tails of planes at the airport in Montreal, Que., Monday, June 26, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
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Government websites down in four provinces, territories; cyberattacks blamed in two
A woman uses a keyboard in North Vancouver, B.C., Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2012. Prince Edward Island says a cyberattack has crashed its provincial government website.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
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The Weather Network hit by ‘cybersecurity incident,’ says hack impacts website and data systems
Cameraman Caaleb Trott from The Weather Network out of Mississauga, Ont., sets up for a shot at the Canada Customs booth at the Peace Bridge in Fort Erie, Ont., Thursday, Dec.27, 2001. The area has been hit by two-and-a-half feet of snow with more expected.
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Building a cyber-aware staff is essential to protecting your SME against threats
Entrepreneur Kelsey Cole-Dodaro says safeguarding her business against cyberattacks is a top priority: “It’s a threat we have to keep our eyes on all the time.”
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Cybercriminals in Russia and Iran will threaten Canada’s security and economic prosperity, say intelligence agency and RCMP
The Communications Security Establishment Canada complex is pictured in Ottawa on October 15, 2013. Canada's cyberspy agency says it conducted operations in the last year to disrupt and remove harmful terrorist content spread online by foreign, ideologically motivated extremists. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
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White House’s first-ever cybersecurity summit tackles hackers dumping U.S. students’ data online
FILE - In this June 19, 2018, file photo, a router and internet switch are displayed in East Derry, N.H. The White House on Tuesday held its first-ever cybersecurity “summit” on the ransomware attacks plaguing U.S. schools, which has included hackers leaking sensitive student data such as medical records, psychiatric evaluations and student sexual assault reports. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)
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Our cyberspace invaders: Why nobody can seem to solve Canada’s massive hacking problem
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Financial burden of cybercrime remains high even as awareness grows, report says
A woman uses her computer keyboard to type while surfing the internet in North Vancouver, B.C., on Wednesday, December, 19, 2012. Increased corporate awareness and a string of high-profile incidents have done little to reduce the financial burden of cybercrime in Canada, according to a new report. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
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Barrick Gold targeted by Russian cybercriminal group Clop in global data theft that hit Sun Life, Vancouver transit police
FILE PHOTO: A small toy figure and gold imitation are seen in front of the Barrick logo in this illustration taken November 19, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
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Suncor cyberattack likely to cost company millions of dollars, expert says
FILE PHOTO: The Suncor Energy logo is seen at their head office in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, April 17, 2019. REUTERS/Chris Wattie/File Photo
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Thursday’s analyst upgrades and downgrades
The Canadian flag flutters in the wind at the TD Centre in Toronto’s Financial District, on March 15.
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Australia plans to reform cyber security rules, set up agency
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Indigo outage nears one-week mark, becomes latest Canadian company to face cyberattack
People browse books at an Indigo store in Toronto, on Friday, September 23, 2022. (Christopher Katsarov/The Globe and Mail)
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Nunavut energy corporation targeted in cybersecurity attack
A Canadian flag flies beside an Nunavut flag in Iqaluit, Nunavut on July 31, 2019. A national policing program aimed at serving Indigenous communities in Canada is expanding to Nunavut. Through the First Nations and Inuit Policing Program, new RCMP officers will be hired across the territory over the next three years. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
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Toronto hospital network says systems restored, outage not a cyberattack
The exterior of Toronto General Hospital photographed in Toronto, Ont., on Friday, October 28, 2022. Tijana Martin/ The Globe and Mail
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How advisors can manage their hybrid teams’ cybersecurity risks
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Ski-Doo maker BRP says additional employee information was compromised in recent cyberattack
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Cybersecurity is a red-hot career choice – why aren’t more women working in this space?
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Ski-Doo-maker BRP ramping up operations after cyberattack forced suspension
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Ski-Doo maker BRP hit by cyberattack, temporarily suspends operations
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Robinhood’s crypto arm fined $30-million by New York State’s financial regulator
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New cybersecurity bill needs to be backed by resources
Jad Saliba and Neil Desai