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Canada Bans WeChat and Kaspersky Due to Spying Concerns
The fate of WeChat and Kaspersky apps on civilian devices remains uncertain.
October 31, 2023
Mortgage Broker 8Twelve Exposes Data of Canadian Residents
BAD: In total, the personal records of 717,814 Canadians were exposed to the public as a result of 8Twelve's database misconfiguration.
February 6, 2023
Canadian firm VoIP.ms hit by non-stop extortion-based DDoS attacks
Although unconfirmed; the notorious REvil ransomware gang could be behind the DDoS attacks on VoIP.ms. Here's what we know so far.
September 21, 2021
Calgary Parking Authority exposed sensitive data of residents
In total, CPA exposed 502 GB worth of data without any security authentication.
August 1, 2021
Canada Post discloses data breach after malware attack
According to Canada Post, sensitive information of over 950,000 customers and 44 of its large business clients has been exposed in the malware attack.
May 27, 2021
Ransomware attack disrupts Metro Vancouver’s payment systems
The payments systems remained ineffective for three days after the ransomware attack, but payment data is safe, claims TransLink.
December 4, 2020
Pwn20wn hackathon to be held online in November 2020
Similar to their spring event, the PWN20wn hackathon is happening virtually in November 2020.
July 31, 2020
Fake govt COVID-19 contact tracking app spreads Android ransomware
Another day, another fake COVID-19 contact tracing app spreading malware...
June 24, 2020
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