Collaborate Disseminate
A 33-year-old man has been sentenced to two years in prison after admitting his part in a series of ransomware and malware attacks that hit more than one thousand individuals, businesses, and organisations — including three police departments.
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Bell Media told Motherboard it is actively reporting X ads smearing Canadian chef Mary Berg in a bizarre campaign promoting a crypto platform. Continue reading X Flooded With Bizarre Ads Smearing TV Chef to Promote Crypto Platform
Clients of a pregnancy care clinic in Ontario have had their personal information exposed to hackers.
I’m sure I don’t need to tell anyone who has made use of the services of a midwife, that a lot can happen in nine months…
Read more in my arti… Continue reading Midwives clinic takes nine months to deliver news of data breach
An anonymous reader quotes a report from the BBC: A bill that mandates tech giants pay news outlets for their content has come into effect in Canada amid an ongoing dispute with Facebook and Instagram owner Meta over the law. Some have hailed it as a g… Continue reading Meta’s News Ban In Canada Remains As Online News Act Goes Into Effect
An anonymous reader quotes a report from the CBC: Google and the federal government have reached an agreement in their dispute over the Online News Act that would see Google continue to share Canadian news online in return for the company making annual… Continue reading Canadian Government Reaches Deal With Google On Online News Act
Connor Jones reports via The Register: The government of Canada has confirmed its data was accessed after two of its third-party service providers were attacked. The third parties both provided relocation services for public sector workers and the gove… Continue reading Third-Party Data Breach Affecting Canadian Government Could Involve Data From 1999
A court in Canada struck down a regulation classifying some plastic products as toxic, “a ruling that could hurt a push by Ottawa to ban single-use plastic items like bags, straws and forks.” From the report: A ban on manufacturing and importing “harmf… Continue reading Canada Court Overturns Government Ruling That Some Plastics Are Toxic
The Canadian federal government hired KPMG consultants at a cost of hundreds of thousands of dollars for advice on how to save money on consultants, documents show. From a report: New spending details tabled in Parliament show the department of Natural… Continue reading Ottawa Paid Nearly $670,000 for KPMG’s Advice on Cutting Consultant Costs
A ransomware attack impacting five hospitals in southwestern Ontario, Canada, has seen hackers gain access to a database containing 5.6 million patient visits, and the social insurance numbers of over 1400 employees.
Read more in my article on the H… Continue reading Cancer treatments cancelled after Canadian hospitals hit by ransomware attack
In an attempt to boost broadband competition, Canada’s telecom regulator is forcing large phone companies to open their fiber networks to competitors. Smaller companies will be allowed to buy network capacity and use it to offer competing broadband pla… Continue reading After Big Drop in ISP Competition, Canada Mandates Fiber-Network Sharing