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Hacker deletes entire student newspaper website of University of Ottawa
A hacker or simply call them a cyber criminal hacked into the independent student newspaper of the University…
July 1, 2019
Freedom Mobile leaked millions of card data with CVV codes in plain text
The company claims it does not share user data with others but looks like it does. Another day,…
May 7, 2019
Crypto exchange loses access to $145M after CEO dies without giving password
The Canada-based cryptocurrency exchange QuardigaCX has suffered a major setback after the untimely death of its founder and…
February 4, 2019
Dark Web: US court seizes assets and properties of deceased AlphaBay operator
AlphaBay was one of the largest dark web marketplaces – In 2017, its admin Alexandre Cazes committed suicide in a Thai…
September 18, 2018
Canadian town forced to pay Bitcoin after nasty ransomware attack
The town of Midland, Ontario, Canada, has decided to pay cybercriminals after its servers were targeted and infected…
September 15, 2018
My Little Pony animator jailed for possessing 60k child abuse images
He is now diagnosed with a condition called Pedophilic Disorder. An Ottawa-based animator has received 28 months in prison…
August 8, 2018
Yahoo hacker involved in 500 million accounts breach jailed for 5 years
The same hacker was once known as “international hacker-for-hire.” Karim Baratov, 23, a Canadian hacker who in November 2017 pleaded…
May 31, 2018
Hackers demand $1m ransom after stealing data from 2 Canadian banks
Hackers have stolen financial data of thousands of customers – Reportedly 50,000 from BMO and 40,000 customers from CIBC have…
May 29, 2018
Tracking firm caught leaking realtime location data of US Mobile users
Location tracking firm “LocationSmart” has been caught putting the physical security of US citizens at risk and its…
May 18, 2018
Operator of hacked password service Leakedsource.com arrested
On January 27, 2017, the breach notification and password service Leakedsource.com went offline without stating any obvious reason. At…
January 16, 2018